Research papers of the week – October 2, 2023

Jarosław Król; Anna Wanecka; Jan Twardoń; Magdalena Florek; Maja Marynowska; Sylwia Banaszkiewicz; Agata Kaczmarek-Pieńczewska; Elżbieta Pląskowska; Maria Brodala; Wojciech Chwirot; Agnieszka Korzeniowska-Kowal; Jeroen Buck

Veterinary Microbiology

Ministerial score = 200.0
Journal Impact Factor (2023) = 3.3 (Q1)

Twelve Staphylococcus borealis strains, isolated in Canada and Poland from milk of cows with intramammary infections, were characterized phenotypically (biochemical reactions on ID 32 STAPH and Biolog Phenotype MicroArrays™ PM1 and PM2A, ability of biofilm production) and genotypically (random amplified polymorphic DNA). In addition, a genomic comparison was done with S. borealis strains of human and porcine origin using the multilocus sequence typing (MLST) technique. The bovine isolates showed a high degree of phenotypic and genotypic diversity, however, they could be differentiated from human strains by the negative test for urease (found in all but one bovine isolate examined with ID 32 STAPH) and positive reaction for D-galactose (on Biolog phenotype microarray PM1) and D-lactose (on both commercial systems). The MLST method, utilizing six concatenated genes of the total length of ∼2930 bp, revealed that bovine strains (irrespective of the country of origin) show a distinctly greater degree of mutual relationship than to the strains of human and porcine origin, suggesting that S. borealis has evolved independently in these hosts. In conclusion, bovine-specific S. borealis can be involved in intramammary infections in cattle.

DOI:10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109876

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