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Genotypes and phenotypes of methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from shrimp aquaculture farms.
Environmental microbiology reports - 1 Jun 2022
Rajan Vineeth, Sivaraman Gopalan Krishnan, Vijayan Ardhra, Elangovan Ravikrishnan, Prendiville Alison, Bachmann Till T
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The population of methicillin-resistant (MR) staphylococci in aquatic environment is rarely investigated. Here, we characterized a collection of MR staphylococci recovered from shrimp aquaculture farms (n = 37) in Kerala, India. A total of 261 samples yielded 47 MR isolates (16 S. aureus, 13 S. haemolyticus, 11 S. epidermidis, 3 S. saprophytics and 2 each of S.intermedius and S. kloosii). Multi-drug resistance...
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