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Comparison of biochemical and genotypic speciation methods for vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated from urban wastewater treatment plants

Abstract

Enterococci species in wastewater including Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus gallinarum isolates (n = 308) with low or high level vancomycin resistance were determined and compared using a phenotypic method (RapID™ STR system), 16S rRNA sequencing, and multi-locus (atpA, groESL, and pheS) sequence analysis (MLSA). Error rates for the RapID™ STR system were E. faecalis (15.9%), E. faecium …

Authors

Sanderson H; Ortega-Polo R; McDermott K; Zaheer R; Brown RS; Majury A; McAllister T; Liss SN

Journal

Journal of Microbiological Methods, Vol. 161, , pp. 102–110

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

June 2019

DOI

10.1016/j.mimet.2019.04.019

ISSN

0167-7012