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Characterization of Poultry Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus by a New Set of Poultry Phages
Author(s) -
GIBBS P. A.,
PATTERSON J. T.,
THOMPSON J. K.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1978.tb00813.x
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , phage typing , poultry farming , bacteria , virology , genetics , typing , ecology
A set of phages has been isolated from strains of Staphylococcus aureus , non‐typable with the International (human) phage set, recovered from processed poultry. This set of phages could distinguish three main groups of strains, and biochemical tests confirmed these divisions, members of each group exhibiting characteristics of both ‘human’and ‘animal’strains. A high proportion of strains from all three phage groups was enterotoxigenic.