title: [Taxonomy and ecology of brucellosis pathogens isolated from Muridae in the northern foothills of the Caucasus mountains. I. Cultural and biochemical properties of Brucella isolated from Muridae].
abstract: The results of the study of 65 Brucella strains isolated from myomorphous rodents in the Northern Caucasus are presented. The study was made with the aim of finding out additional characteristics for the identification of these strains. Using the main tests recommended by the FAO/WHO Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Brucella, as well as some additional tests, we have revealed that the strains under study are very similar to B. suis. At the same time their capacity for agglutination with anti-melitensis monospecific serum, their high sensitivity to pyronin B, safranine T and gentian violet, their low urease activity and their oxidizing activity in respect to L-alanine, L-asparagine, L-glutamic acid, L-arginine, DL-ornithine, DL-citrullin and L-livin make it possible to consider them the fifth independent biotype of B. suis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D002002:Brucella / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D004463:Ecology; D009115:Muridae / Q000382:microbiology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012426:Russia; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003470:Culture Media
vernacular_title: Taksonomicheskoe polozhenie i ékologiia vozbuditelia brutselleza, vydeliaemogo ot myshevidnykh gryzunov v raĭonakh severnykh predgoriĭ Bol'shogo Kavkaza. Soobshchenie 1. Kul'tural'nye i biokhimicheskie svoĭstva brutsell, vydeliaemykh ot myshevidnykh gryzunov.