. 2022 May 30;12(11):1407. doi: 10.3390/ani12111407

Table 1.

Distribution of virulence genes among Enterococcus faecalis isolates from bovine mastitis milk (BMM) and bovine normal raw milk (NRM).

Milk Type	No. of Isolates	No of Genes Encoding Virulence Factors (%)
Milk Type	No. of Isolates	esp ***	asa1	gelE ***	cylA ***
BMM	70	38 (54.3%)	50 (71.4%)	60 (85.7%)	21 (30.0%)
NRM	20	5 (25.0%)	16 (80.0%)	12 (60.0%)	0

*** indicates significant difference in virulence genes between bovine mastitis milk and normal raw milk (p < 0.0001; Pearson’s chi-square test). BMM: bovine mastitis milk, NRM: bovine normal raw milk.