Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from wild boars

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1739-1742

  Meemken, Diana ^a   Blaha, Thomas ^a   Hotzel, Helmut ^b   Strommenger, Birgit ^c   Klein, Guenter ^a   Ehricht, Ralf ^d   Monecke, Stefan ^d,e   Kehrenberg, Corinna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING; GENOTYPING; PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WILD BOARS;

AGRICULTURE;

BACTERIA;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE; GENOTYPE; LIVESTOCK; PHENOTYPE; PIG; VIRULENCE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUS SCROFA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84874714488     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03189-12     Document Type: Article

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