Özkan ASLANTAŞ, Cemil DEMİR, Hülya TÜRÜTOĞLU, Zafer CANTEKİN

Coagulase Gene Polymorphism of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Subclinical Bovine Mastitis

This study was conducted to investigate the coagulase gene polymorphism of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from subclinical bovine mastitic milk samples from 3 different Turkish cities (Hatay, Gaziantep, and Burdur). Amplification of the coagulase gene from 80 S. aureus isolates produced 5 different polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products; 79 isolates showed only 1 amplicon, and 1 isolate showed 2 amplicons. The isolates were grouped into 9 genotypes by analysing the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the gene; the 2 most common genotypes accounted for 73.8% of the isolates. The results indicated that many coagulase gene genotypes are present in the studied regions and only 1 or 2 genotypes predominated.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Staphylococcus aureus, RFLP-PCR, mastitis

Coagulase Gene Polymorphism of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Subclinical Bovine Mastitis

Keywords:

Staphylococcus aureus, RFLP-PCR, mastitis,

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