Various body sites of vertebrates provide stable and nutrient-rich ecosystems for a diverse
range of commensal, opportunistic, and pathogenic microorganisms to thrive. The collective …

Staphylococcus haemolyticus is one of the most frequent aetiological factors of
staphylococcal infections. This species seems to lack the important virulence attributes …

Since phenotypic methods to identify coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) from the milk
of ruminants often yield unreliable results, methods for molecular identification based on …

Staphylococci and streptococci are common causes of intramammary infection in small
ruminants, and reliable species identification is crucial for understanding epidemiology and …

The production of fermented meats, such as fermented sausage, relies on the metabolic
activities of lactic acid bacteria and catalase-positive cocci, in particular the group of …

Selective dry-cow therapy (SDCT) could be used to reduce antibiotic use on commercial
dairy farms in the United States but is not yet widely adopted, possibly due to concerns …

Non-aureus staphylococci and mammaliicocci (NASM) are one of the most common causes
of subclinical mastitis in dairy animals and the extent of damage by intramammary infections …

Mastitis is the most common disease in dairy cattle worldwide. The objectives of this study
were to estimate the prevalence of different bacterial species associated with mastitis from …

This study evaluated matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass
spectrometry (MALDI-ToF MS) for the identification of bovine-associated coagulase-negative …

ABSTRACT Non-aureus staphylococci (NAS), the microorganisms most frequently isolated
from bovine milk worldwide, are a heterogeneous group of numerous species. To establish …