Takahashi, Takashi
Maeda, Takahiro
Yoshida, Haruno
Goto, Mieko
Tsuyuki, Yuzo
Kim, Jae-Seok
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Kitasato University
Article History
Received: 12 January 2024
Accepted: 30 April 2024
First Online: 15 May 2024
Declarations
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: The ethics committee of the Sanritsu Zelkova Veterinary Laboratory reviewed and approved our study design to maintain the anonymity and privacy of companion animals (approval no. SZ20230719-2). Background information (host species, collection year, geographic location, and isolation source) for the WGSs is available in the NCBI database. A total of sixty-two strain-related background information was enrolled in the study. The consent to participate is not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: TT and J-SK research foci are to characterize the virulence factors, epidemiological data, antimicrobial resistance patterns in Gram-positive cocci (i.e., genus <i>Streptococcus</i> and genus <i>Staphylococcus</i>) isolated from human patients and diseased companion animals.