Abstract
The present study was conducted to characterize the slime production activity of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from raw milk samples of various regions of Jaipur city of Rajasthan, India. Total 144 strains of S. aureus were confirmed by 23S rRNA amplification and 1250 bp product size on agarose gel confirmed S. aureus on molecular level. Slime production was determined by Congo red agar (CRA) method. Out of 144 S. aureus strains 134 (93.06%) produced slime and maximum slime production was found in Durgapura (100%) region followed by Mansarovar (95.65%) region and lowest slime production was found in Jhotwara area of Jaipur city of Rajasthan. This study provides an idea that infection of S. aureus may pose a potential risk to human health and these results may support the future actions related to milk safety programs.
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