Essays about: "biotyping"

Found 1 essay containing the word biotyping.

  1. 1. Characterization of Coagulase Positive Staphylococci from Pig Carcasses from Swedish Slaughterhouses

    University essay from Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi

    Author : Anika Neskovic; [2008]
    Keywords : S. aureus; biotyping; enterotoxin; antibiotics; porcine;

    Abstract : The aim was to characterize 100 coagulase positive staphylococci isolates originating from pig carcasses from Swedish slaughterhouses by biotyping, antibiotic susceptibility testing, typing with pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and real-time PCR-screening of the enterotoxin genes sea, sec, seg and sei in order to evaluate the impact on human health. The biotyping classified 56 as non host specific (NHS), 29 as human biotype, five as poultry, one as ovine, one as bovine biotype and eight were unclassified (UCF). READ MORE