Phenotypic and genotypic (pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) characteristics of enterotoxin-A-producing Staphylococcus aureus strains.

doi:10.1016/0923-2508(96)81386-6

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Phenotypic and genotypic (pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) characteristics of enterotoxin-A-producing Staphylococcus aureus strains.

Research in microbiology - 1 May 1996

Gouloumès C, Bes M, Renaud F, Lina B, Reverdy M E, Brun Y, Fleurette J

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The phenotypic (antibiotype, serotype, phagetype) and genotypic (SmaI restriction patterns using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) characters of 162 Staphylococcus aureus epidemiologically unrelated strains were studied. Eighty-two of the isolates produced enterotoxin-A (SEA+), while 80 produced...

Topics

DNA, Bacterial
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Enterotoxins
In Vitro Techniques
Interferon Inducers
Phenotype
Staphylococcus aureus

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