title: Whole genome sequencing of Staphylococcus aureus
design: Staphylococcus aureus strains are from the Mastitis Pathogen Culture Collection of the Canadian Bovine Mastitis and Milk Quality Research Network (CBMQRN) (Facult de Mdecine Vtrinaire, Universit de Montral, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada). The isolates were collected on 91 Canadian herds in the National Cohort of Dairy Farms (NCDF) located on Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario and Western Canada for 2 years (2007 and 2008). All S. aureus isolates were from quarter milk samples with at least one colony detected in a 10-L sample (100 CFU/mL). S. aureus species were confirmed by a positive catalase test, hemolysis on blood agar plate, and positive nuclease and coagulase tests.
library_name: Sa2911