| molecular typing of staphylococcus aureus of bovine origin by polymorphisms of the coagulase gene. | mastitis caused by staphylococcus aureus is a disease of major economic importance to the dairy industry. transmission occurs during milking, with chronically-infected cows acting as the major reservoirs of infection. pcr-coagulase gene typing of 151 s. aureus isolates from seven farms generated only six pcr types, with 110 (73%) isolates assigned to pcr type 1 and 23 (15.2%) isolates assigned to type 2. pcr type 1 was the predominant type on five of the seven farms, including farms in geographi ... | 1999 | 10384888 |