Article
Toxigenic status of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine raw milk and Minas frescal cheese in Brazil.
Journal of food protection - 1 Dec 2010
Arcuri Edna Froeder, Angelo Fabiola Fonseca, Guimarães Marta Fonseca Martins, Talon Régine, Borges Maria de Fatima, Leroy Sabine, Loiseau Gérard, Lange Carla Christine, Andrade Nélio José de, Montet Didier
Abstract excerpt
A group of 291 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from mastitic cow's milk (n = 125), bulk tank milk (n = 96), and Minas frescal cheese (n = 70) were screened for staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) genes (sea, seb, sec, sed, see, seg, seh, sei, selj, and sell) and for the tst-1 gene encoding staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 by PCR assay. A total of 109 (37.5%) of the isolates were positive for at least one of...
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