Global emergence of the widespread Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST235 clone

Despite the non-clonal epidemic population structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, several multi-locus sequence types are distributed worldwide and are frequently associated with epidemics where multidrug resistance confounds treatment. ST235 is the most prevalent of these widespread clones. In this study we aimed to understand the origin of ST235 and the molecular basis for its success.The genomes of 79 P. aeruginosa ST235 isolates collected...