This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/JAM.14665 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved 1 2 MR. YACINE TITOUCHE (Orcid ID : 0000-0003-1062-5357) 3 PROF. KARIM HOUALI (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-7317-8657) 4 PROF. CARMEN TORRES (Orcid ID : 0000-0003-3709-1690) 5 6 7 Article type : Original Article 8 9 10 Submitted to: Journal of Applied Microbiology 11 Type of paper: Original Article 12 Running Head of the paper: genotypic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus 13 Enterotoxin genes and antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus 14 isolated from food products in Algeria 15 Y. Titouche 1 , K. Houali 1 , L. Ruiz-Ripa 3 , N. Vingadassalon 2 , Y. NIA 2 , A. Fatihi 2 , A. Cauquil 2 , P. 16 Bouchez 2 , L. Bouhier 2 , C. Torres 3 and J. A. Hennekinne 2 17 1 Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi Ouzou. 18 Algeria 19 2 University Paris Est, Anses, Laboratory For Food Safety, F-94700 Maisons-Alfort, France 20 3 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of La Rioja, Madre de Dios 51, 26006 Logrono, Spain 21 22 23 24 Accepted Article