title: An evaluation of the API ZYM system as a means of classifying spirochaetes associated with swine dysentery.
abstract: Thirty-one strains of spirochaetes from pigs and two strains from poultry were tested in the API ZYM enzyme system. The spectrum of enzymatic reactions provided a means of differentiating between strains related to swine dysentery and strains not so related from pigs. The numerical coding system simplified the interpretation of the results.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004403:Dysentery / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005696:Galactosidases / Q000378:metabolism; D008722:Methods; D013144:Spirochaetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D005696:Galactosidases