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Chlorine resistance of strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from poultry processing plants
Author(s) -
Bolton K.J.,
Dodd C.E.R.,
Mead G.C.,
Waites W.M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1988.tb01208.x
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , flora (microbiology) , bacteria , veterinary medicine , medicine , genetics
Strains of Staphylococcus aureus which colonize defeathering machinery and become endemic within poultry processing plants appear to be resistant to the normal cleaning and disinfection processes. The resistance of endemic strains to chlorine was compared with that of isolates from the natural skin flora of poultry. Endemic strains were almost eight times more resistant and this was due primarily to their ability to grow in macroclumps but also to the production of an extracellular slime layer.