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.
Kokan
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Department of Food Microbiology and Toxicology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
Bergdoll
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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