Biodiversity and characterization of Staphylococcus species isolated from a small manufacturing dairy plant in Portugal

• Published in: International journal of food microbiology Vol. 146; no. 2; pp. 123 - 129
• Main Authors: Soares, José C., Marques, M. Rosário, Tavaria, Freni K., Pereira, Joana O., Malcata, F. Xavier, Pintado, Manuela M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 30.03.2011
• Subjects: Antibiotic profile; antibiotic resistance; antibiotics; ARDRA; Biodiversity; Cheese; Cheese - microbiology; cheeses; classification; Colony Count, Microbial; dairies; Dairying; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Drug Resistance, Bacterial - genetics; Enterotoxin; Enterotoxins; Enterotoxins - genetics; factories; Food Microbiology; genes; genetics; isolation & purification; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; microbiology; Multiplex-PCR; nucleotide sequences; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Portugal; ribosomal DNA; Staphylococcus; Staphylococcus - classification; Staphylococcus - genetics; Staphylococcus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus equorum; taxonomy; Virulence Factors; Virulence Factors - genetics; Portugal; ARDRA; Enterotoxin; Antibiotic profile; Virulence factors; Multiplex-PCR; Staphylococcus

The level and the diversity of the staphylococcal community occurring in the environment and dairy products of a small manufacturing dairy plant were investigated. Species identification was performed using different molecular methods, viz. Multiplex-PCR, amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis...