Abstract
RAPD typing revealed the presence of a nucleotide band in typical high virulence rabbit Staphylococcus aureus strains which was absent in low virulence strains and in an atypical high virulence strain. The nucleotide sequence of this band was determined. Primers within this sequence were developed and PCR products of eight typical high virulence, one atypical high virulence and nine low virulence rabbit S. aureus strains were sequenced. All low virulence strains and the atypical high virulence strain revealed a constant difference with the typical high virulence strains for nucleotide 377 of the 1055 bp sequence. The eight typical high virulence strains possessed a guanine base on this site, while the other strains tested showed an adenine base. These findings support the hypothesis on the clonal origin of typical high virulence rabbit S. aureus strains. After comparison with databases, two open reading frames (ORF) were identified within the sequence, which appeared to encode two structural ribosomal proteins. The single nucleotide mutation does not affect the amino acid sequence of the protein it encodes for.
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