title: Isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica serovar O8 from free-living small rodents in Japan.
abstract: Yersinia species were isolated from 65 of 223 free-living small mammals trapped in 10 regions on Honshu Island in Japan. Of the 65 strains isolated, 1 was Yersinia enterocolitica serovar O3, 8 were Y. enterocolitica O5, 6 were Y. enterocolitica O8, 3 were Y. enterocolitica O9, and 1 was Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 4b. Of the six Y. enterocolitica O8 strains, five were positive for autoagglutination, Ca2+ dependence, and the 45-MDa virulence plasmid and showed high pathogenicity for mice.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Health, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iinuma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashidani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamasaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae; D007312:Eulipotyphla / Q000382:microbiology*; D007564:Japan; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009115:Muridae; D010957:Plasmids; D051381:Rats; D012377:Rodentia / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping; D012788:Shrews; D014774:Virulence; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity