Genome Sequences of Two Staphylococcus aureus Ovine Strains That Induce Severe (Strain O11) and Mild (Strain O46) Mastitis

C. Le Marechal, D. Hernandez, J. Schrenzel, S. Even, N. Berkova, R. Thiery, E. Vautor, J.R. Fitzgerald, P. Francois, Y. Le Loir

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Staphylococcus aureus is a major etiological agent of mastitis in ruminants. We report here the genome sequences of two ovine strains that were isolated from gangrenous (strain O11) and subclinical (strain O46) ewe mastitis. Both strains belong to the same clonal complex. Despite this close genotypic relationship, the two isolates were shown to reproducibly induce highly divergent types of infections, either severe (O11) or mild (O46) mastitis, in an experimental ewe model.
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Pages (from-to)2353-2354
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Bacteriology
Volume193
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2011

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