Molecular and Phenotypic Characterization of Aerococcus viridans Associated with Subclinical Bovine Mastitis.

ABSTRACT: Aerococcus viridans is a wide spread bacterium in the environment and clinically this organism is associated with different diseases in animals and humans. However, the geno- and phenotypic characterization of A. viridans associated with bovine mastitis has not yet been reported. The objectives of this study were to investigate the genetic and phenotypic diversity of A. viridans isolates using three different molecular methods including 16S rRNA gene sequencing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) along with biochemical tests, including antimicrobial susceptibility test. In total, 60 A. viridans strains were cultured from dairy herds presenting with subclinical mastitis. The results of biochemical tests revealed that most of the isolates (75.0%) wer

SUBMITTER: Liu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4412496 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature