Prevalence and phenotypic characterization of Enterococcus spp. isolated from food in Brazil

Abstract

We evaluated the frequency of enterococci from food and found 95.2% of positivity, being E. faecium and E. faecalis the most frequent species. High-level streptomycin resistance was observed, as well as gelatinase and hemolysis activity, showing the potential role of environmental strains as reservoir of virulence and resistance traits. © 2014, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia.