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Biofilm Production and Presence of ica and bap Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Cows with Mastitis in the Eastern Poland
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The aim of the study was phenotypic and genotypic analysis of 132 S. aureus strains isolated from mastitis in eastern Poland in respect to their biofilm formation ability. The analysis of the size polymorphism of fragment X in the gene encoding protein A (spa) revealed high genetic differentiation of the analyzed group of isolates. The ability of biofilm formation by the isolates was tested using two phenotypic methods. The Congo Red plate assay was found to be irreproducible and very subjective. More objective results were obtained using the spectrophotometric, microtiter plate assay. Most of the isolates, namely 76/132 (57.6 %) were classified as biofilm producers depending on the value of absorbance in the microtiter plate test. All of the isolates tested were found to possess both icaA and icaD genes, while the bap gene was absent in all strains.
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- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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Polish Journal of Microbiology
no. 61,
pages 65 - 69,
ISSN: 1733-1331 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Bibliographic description:
- Szweda P., Schielmann M., Milewski S., Frankowska A., Jakubczak A.: Biofilm Production and Presence of ica and bap Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Cows with Mastitis in the Eastern Poland// Polish Journal of Microbiology. -Vol. 61, nr. iss. 1 (2012), s.65-69
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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