Identification and prevalence of an enterotoxin-ralated gene, se-int, in Staphylococcus intermedius isolates from dogs and pigeons

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1361-1366

  Futagawa Saito, K ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Ohsawa, M ^a   Ohshima, S ^a   Sakurai, N ^b   Ba Thein, W ^c   Fukuyasu, T ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dog; Enterotoxin; Pigeon; Staphylococcus intermedius

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIA;

DOG; ENTEROTOXIGENICITY; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMAN BEING; NESTED PCR; PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL; PIGEON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

GENES;

ENTEROTOXIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC SCREENING; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; COLUMBA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 2542523020     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02264.x     Document Type: Article

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