First report of the presence of enterotoxin gene in coagulase-negative staphylococci recovered from meat of snails (Achatina achatina)

Abstract

It has been suggested that coagulase-negative staphylococci can serve as reservoirs of virulence genes for other bacteria. This study assessed the presence of such genes in selected isolates recovered from meat of the giant African snail (Achatina achatina).

Keywords

• fresh snail meat
• staphylococcus sciuri
• 16s rrna gene
• sea gene
• antibiotic resistance