Prevalence and phenotypic characterization of Enterococcus spp. isolated from food in Brazil
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 reservo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000100016&lng=en&tlng=en |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1678-4405 |