Detection of enterotoxins genes in coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from foods Detecção de genes de enterotoxinas em estafilococos coagulase-negativa isolados de alimentos

Staphylococcal food poisoning is caused by ingestion of enterotoxins preformed in the food contaminated essentially through human manipulation or raw material obtained from animals. Although coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus is the main agent responsible for food intoxication, some researches...

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Main Authors: Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha, Eliana Peresi, Regina Adriana Oliveira Calsolari, João Pessoa Araújo Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2006-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000100013