RAPID TYPING OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAINS OF BOVINE MILK ORIGIN BY USING RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA ASSAY

Conventional typing techniques were found to be poor in discriminating different S. aureus strains. In this study, a rapid, technically simple RAPD assay was employed to type the S. aureus strains. DNA fragment patterns obtained using this assay gave good level of discrimation to type the S. auerus strains.