title: Genome sequences of two Staphylococcus aureus ovine strains that induce severe (strain O11) and mild (strain O46) mastitis.
abstract: Staphylococcus aureus is a major etiological agent of mastitis in ruminants. We report here the genome sequences of two ovine strains that were isolated from gangrenous (strain O11) and subclinical (strain O46) ewe mastitis. Both strains belong to the same clonal complex. Despite this close genotypic relationship, the two isolates were shown to reproducibly induce highly divergent types of infections, either severe (O11) or mild (O46) mastitis, in an experimental ewe model.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR1253 Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Œuf, F-35042 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Maréchal
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schrenzel
authors.forename: Sergine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Even
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berkova
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thiéry
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vautor
authors.forename: J Ross
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: François
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Le Loir
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008413:Mastitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*