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Characterization of a Putative Pathogenicity Island from Bovine <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Encoding Multiple Superantigens
1 Jan 2001
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have demonstrated that a proportion of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bovine mastitis coproduce toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST) and staphylococcal enterotoxin C (SEC). In this study, molecular genetic analysis of one such strain, RF122, revealed the presence of a 15,891-bp putative pathogenicity island (SaPIbov) encoding the genes for TSST (tst), the SEC bovine variant (sec-bovine), and a...
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