LIST OF SYMBOLS / ABBREVIATIONS

% : Per cent
- ve : Negative
@ : At the rate
+ ve : Positive
g : Microgram
l : Micro liter
m : Micrometer
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C : Degree Celsius
AMR : Antimicrobial Resistance
BHI : Brain Heart Infusion broth
blaZ : - lactamases encoded gene
CIF : Central Instrumentation Facility
CLSI : Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
CM : Clinical Mastitis
CMT : California Mastitis Test
CNS : Coagulase Negative Staphylococci
CPS : Coagulase Positive Staphylococci
DNA : Deoxyribonucleic acid
dNTP : deoxynucleotide triphosphate
DW : Distilled water
EDTA : Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid
ELISA : Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay
erm (B) : Methylase encocded gene
Eta : Exfoliative Toxin A
et al. : Et alii/alia
Etb : Exfoliative Toxin B
etc : Et cetera
Fig : Figure
Gm : Gram
Lit : Liter
M : Molar
MgCl2 : Magnesium chloride
MIC : Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
Min : Minute
Ml : Milli litre
Mm : Milli molar
MRSA : Methicillin Resistant S. aureus
MSSA : Methicillin Sensitive S. aureus

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MTCC : Microbial Type Culture Collection
NaCl : Sodium Chloride
NaOH : Sodium Hydroxide
NSS : Normal saline solution
PCR : Polymerase Chain Reaction
S. aureus : Staphylococcus auerus
SCM : Subclinical Mastitis
SE : Staphylococcal Enterotoxin
sea : Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A gene
seb : Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B gene
sec : Staphylococcal Enterotoxin C gene
sec : Second
sed : Staphylococcal Enterotoxin D gene
see : Staphylococcal Enterotoxin E gene
TBE : Tris-borate Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid
TE : Tris EDTA
tst : Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin
UV : Ultra violet
V : Volts
v/v : Volume by volume
viz. : Videlicet
w/v : Weight by volume

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