title: Multilocus sequence typing for characterization of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.
abstract: Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is an opportunistic pathogen in dogs. Four housekeeping genes with allelic polymorphisms were identified and used to develop an expanded multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme. The new seven-locus technique shows S. pseudintermedius to have greater genetic diversity than previous methods and discriminates more isolates based upon host origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Solyman
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duim
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perreten
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Duijkeren
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wagenaar
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Eberlein
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Videla
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bemis
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kania
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing / Q000379:methods*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification