Prevalence and phenotypic characterization of Enterococcus spp. isolated from food in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Carlos Henrique Camargo²  Ariane Bruder-nascimento²  Sarah Hwa In Lee¹  Ary Fernandes Júnior²  Ramon Kaneno²  Vera Lúcia Mores Rall² 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu Departamento de Microbiologia e ImunologiaBotucatu SP ,Brazil

关键词: Enterococcus spp.;    food;    antimicrobial resistance;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1517-83822014000100016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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