Three novel sequencing types from seventeen Staphylococcus aureus genomes isolated from dairy cows milk in the Free State Province of South Africa

Ntelekwane George Khasapane; Stanford Kwenda; Zamantungwa Thobeka Happiness Khumalo; Sebolelo Jane Nkhebenyane; Oriel Thekisoe

doi:10.1128/MRA.00739-23

Three novel sequencing types from seventeen Staphylococcus aureus genomes isolated from dairy cows milk in the Free State Province of South Africa

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Dec 14;12(12):e0073923. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00739-23. Epub 2023 Nov 15.

Authors

Ntelekwane George Khasapane¹, Stanford Kwenda², Zamantungwa Thobeka Happiness Khumalo^{3

4}, Sebolelo Jane Nkhebenyane¹, Oriel Thekisoe⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Applied Food Sustainability and Biotechnology, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
² Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Clinvet International, Study Operations, Uitsig Road, Universitas, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
⁵ Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the major pathogens causing bovine mastitis, which results in huge economic losses in the dairy industry worldwide. Here, we report genome sequences of 17 S. aureus strains, with three novel sequencing types (ST8495, ST8500, and ST8501) isolated from the milk of dairy cows with subclinical mastitis.

Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; bovine; sequencing types; subclinical mastitis; whole genome sequencing.

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