Resistance to linezolid in Staphylococcus aureus by mutation, modification, and acquisition of genes

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Antimicrobial resistance

Evolutionary biology

Staphylococcaceae

Gram-positive bacteria

Pathogenic bacteria

Linezolid

Evolutionary pressure

Staphylococcus

Antibiotic

Pesticide resistance

Staphylococcus aureus

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Linezolid binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome, inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis by preventing the formation of the initiation ...

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