학술논문
Prevalence and phenotypic characterization of Enterococcus spp. isolated from food in Brazil
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. January 2014 45(1)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1517-8382
Abstract
We evaluated the frequency of enterococci from food and found 95.2% of positivity, being E. faecium and E. faecalis the most frequent species. High-level streptomycin resistance was observed, as well as gelatinase and hemolysis activity, showing the potential role of environmental strains as reservoir of virulence and resistance traits.