Liha töötlemine
(ermB), and tetracycline (tetL, tetM, and tetS (Aarestrup et al. 2000).
resistance genes), have been identified, sug- Although CNS of food origin has not been
gesting that horizontal gene transfer may found to produce nosocomial infections,
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some strains that produced enterotoxins have the selection of strains well adapted to the
been described. Vernozy-Rozand et al. environment and able to compete with con-
(1996) reported enterotoxin E as the most taminant bacteria.
frequent enterotoxin found in S. equorum and In the process of selection and choice of
S. xylosus, though Martin et al. (2006) a starter culture, the safety aspects such as
reported that the occurrence of staphylococ- antibiotic resistance, virulence genes, and
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