Genetic variation among Staphylococcus aureus strains from Norwegian bulk milk

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8352-8361

  Jorgensen H J ^a   Mork T ^a   Caugant, D A ^b   Kearns, A ^d   Rorvik L M ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BULK MILL; CLONAL COMPLEX; GENETIC VARIATION;

BACTERIA;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

GENETIC VARIATION; MILK;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CATTLE DISEASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MILK; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GOATS; HUMANS; MILK; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAPRA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 29144453852     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8352-8361.2005     Document Type: Article

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