Staphylococcus aureus is a major etiological agent of mastitis in ruminants. We report here the genome sequence of bovine strain Newbould 305, isolated in the 1950s in a case of bovine mastitis and now used as a model strain able to reproducibly induce chronic mastitis in cows.
Bouchard D, Peton V, Almeida S, Le Marechal C, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V, Berkova N, Rault L, Francois P, Schrenzel J, Even S, Hernandez D, Le Loir Y (2012) Genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Newbould 305, a strain associated with mild bovine mastitis Journal of Bacteriology194: 6292-3
Bouchard D, Peton V, Almeida S, Le Marechal C, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V, Berkova N, Rault L, Francois P, Schrenzel J, Even S, Hernandez D, Le Loir Y (2012) Journal of Bacteriology194: 6292-3