title: Ecology of Staphylococcus aureus: comparative characterization of strains isolated from man, cattle and sheep in Bulgaria and in the GDR.
abstract: Staphylococcus aureus strains from man, cattle and sheep have been differentiated by biochemical tests and by phage typing. Strains from pathological material of human origin mostly belong to the host-specific variety hominis, strains from mastitis in cattle mostly belong to the host-specific variety bovis. However, there are also strains from cattle which cannot be allotted to one of the known host-specific varieties and also strains which belong to the host-specific variety hominis. Strains from mastitis in sheep clearly differ from strains of human and bovine origin; these strains are designated as variety ovis. The frequency distribution of the host-specific varieties in man, cattle and sheep is the same in Bulgaria and in the GDR.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012756:Sheep / Q000382:microbiology*; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism