Detection of low-enterotoxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus strains.
Culture supernatant fluids from 26 (23.6%) monkey feeding test-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains, negative for enterotoxins by gel diffusion, were positive by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for one or more of the identified enterotoxins. Staphylococcal enterotoxin D (SED) was produced by 23 (88.5%) strains, SED and SEA were produced in two strains, and SED and SEC were produced in one strain. One strain produced only SEA, and two strains produced only SEC.
Department of Food Microbiology and Toxicology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
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D000818:Animals; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000378:metabolism*
D004768:Enterotoxins; C019368:enterotoxin D, Staphylococcal; C026066:enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal; C034959:enterotoxin C, staphylococcal