title: Prevalence and phenotypic characterization of Enterococcus spp. isolated from food in Brazil.
abstract: We evaluated the frequency of enterococci from food and found 95.2% of positivity, being E. faecium and E. faecalis the most frequent species. High-level streptomycin resistance was observed, as well as gelatinase and hemolysis activity, showing the potential role of environmental strains as reservoir of virulence and resistance traits.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" BotucatuSP Brazil ; Departamento de Clínica Médica Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" BotucatuSP Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Henrique
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Camargo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" BotucatuSP Brazil.
authors.forename: Ariane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruder-Nascimento
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Engenharia de Alimentos Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos Universidade de São Paulo PirassunungaSP Brazil.
authors.forename: Sarah Hwa In
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" BotucatuSP Brazil.
authors.forename: Ary Fernandes
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Júnior
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" BotucatuSP Brazil.
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaneno
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" BotucatuSP Brazil.
authors.forename: Vera Lúcia Mores
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Rall
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D018093:Gelatinases / Q000032:analysis; D006461:Hemolysis; D015995:Prevalence; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D037521:Virulence Factors; D018093:Gelatinases
keywords: Enterococcus spp.; antimicrobial resistance; food