Human Group A Streptococci Virulence Genes in Bovine Group C Streptococci |
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| Authors: | M��rcia G Rato Ricardo Bexiga Sandro F Nunes Cristina L Vilela and Ilda Santos-Sanches |
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| Institution: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal (M.G. Rato, I. Santos-Sanches);Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (R. Bexiga, S.F. Nunes, C.L. Vilela);Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK (S.F. Nunes) |
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| Abstract: | Phage-encoded virulence genes of group A streptococci were detected in 10 (55.6%) of 18 isolates of group C streptococci that had caused bovine mastitis. Bovine isolates carried other genetic determinants, such as composite transposon Tn1207.3/Φ10394.4 (100%) and antimicrobial drug resistance genes erm(B)/erm(A) (22.2%), linB (16.6%), and tet(M)/tet(O) (66.7%), located on mobile elements. |
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| Keywords: | Bovine mastitis lysogeny prophages superantigens Streptococcus pyogenes Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp dysgalactiae bacteria viruses dispatch |
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