Molecular diversity and characterization of tetracycline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a poultry processing plant.
DNA fingerprinting and molecular characterization showed that the tetracycline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus population of a South African poultry processing plant comprised one or possibly several tet(K)-containing endemic clones that contaminated chicken and machinery surfaces at all sampled processing stages. The tet(K) gene was transferable by filter mating to S. aureus recipient 80CR5 and was located on a pT181-like plasmid.
Huys
Geert
G
Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstr. 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. geert.huys@UGent.be
D'Haene
Klaas
K
Van Eldere
Johan
J
von Holy
Alexander
A
Swings
Jean
J
D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D005511:Food Handling; D019649:Food Industry; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011200:Poultry; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013753:Tetracycline Resistance / Q000235:genetics
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C084212:tet(K) protein, Staphylococcus aureus