title: Molecular diversity and characterization of tetracycline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a poultry processing plant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstr. 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. geert.huys@UGent.be
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huys
authors.forename: Klaas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: D'Haene
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Eldere
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Holy
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swings
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C084212:tet(K) protein, Staphylococcus aureus