Genomic Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Originating from Hungarian Rabbit Farms Reinforce the Clonal Origin of Various Virulence Types.

ABSTRACT: Staphylococcosis is one of the most important infectious diseases in rabbit medicine, especially in commercial farming. Previous studies revealed the existence of virulent variants adapted to rabbits. Typical and atypical, highly virulent as well as low virulent variants have been isolated and reported from industrial units in all major rabbit-meat-producing countries. Preceding the research focused on detecting defined nucleotide sequences, the genome of these organisms as a whole was rarely subjected to scientific investigations. The authors sequenced 51 Staphylococcus strains originating from industrial rabbit farms in Hungary. Another 12 draft genomes of rabbit isolates were constructed from read sequences available in digital repositories, and were compared based on whole-genome multi

SUBMITTER: Nemet Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7401587 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature