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Antibiotic resistance of enterococci in American bison (Bison bison) from a nature preserve compared to that of Enterococci in pastured cattle.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2008
Anderson John F, Parrish Torrey D, Akhtar Mastura, Zurek Ludek, Hirt Helmut
Abstract excerpt
Enterococci isolated from a bison population on a native tall-grass prairie preserve in Kansas were characterized and compared to enterococci isolated from pastured cattle. The species diversity was dominated by Enterococcus casseliflavus in bison (62.4%), while Enterococcus hirae was the most common isolate from cattle (39.7%). Enterococcus faecalis was the second most common species isolated from bison (16%)....
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