title: Differentiation of Staphylococcus sciuri strains isolated from free-living rodents and insectivores.
abstract: Twenty-nine Staphylococcus sciuri strains isolated from free-living insectivores and rodents were comparatively analysed for their biochemical capacities and their SmaI macrorestriction patterns. The 29 S. sciuri isolates represented 21 different biotypes and 22 different SmaI macrorestriction types. This observation confirmed that S. sciuri isolates obtained from insectivores and rodents living in natural environments constituted a heterogeneous population. Cluster analysis revealed that the macrorestriction patterns and the biochemical profiles matched in some cases. However, S. sciuri isolates that exhibited the same or closely related biochemical profiles were also found to be associated with different macrorestriction patterns. Analysis of the 29 S. sciuri isolates for their plasmid content and their sensitivity to antimicrobial agents showed that most of the isolates were plasmid-free and susceptible to all antimicrobial agents tested.
authors.affiliation: University of Bialystok, Institute of Biology, Department of Microbiology, 15-950 Bialystok, Swierkowa 20b, Poland. thausch@uwb.edu.pl
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hauschild
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D007312:Eulipotyphla / Q000382:microbiology*; D005858:Germany; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012377:Rodentia / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents