title: Understanding Staphylococcal Nomenclature.
abstract: Bacteria are often grouped by a variety of properties, including biochemical activity, appearance, and more recently, nucleic acid sequence differences. In the case of human pathogens, significant work goes into "typing" strains to understand relatedness. This is especially true when trying to understand the epidemiology of these organisms. In attempts to group Staphylococci, a variety of methods and nomenclatures have been employed, which can often serve as a point of confusion to those entering the field. Therefore, the intent of this chapter is to give a brief overview of some common methods and associated nomenclature used to type Staphylococci, with S. aureus as an example.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, MSN 3029, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA.
authors.forename: Christina N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Krute
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, MSN 3029, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA. jbose@kumc.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bose
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
keywords: MLST; MLVA; PFGE; SCCmec; Spa typing; Staphylococcus typing