title: Salmonella agona isolated from fish meal and a Salmonella strain isolated from shrimps in Lebanon.
abstract: Salmonella agona was isolated from an imported fish meal specimen and a Salmonella strain not listed in the Kauffmann-White Scheme was isolated from a shrimp specimen obtained from the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon. The biochemical and serological properties of the S. agona fish meal strain was identical to a standard strain. The serotype of the shrimp strain was O13,22 Vi. With the exception of hydrogen sulfide production the biochemical properties of the shrimp strain were similar to S. agona.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D033364:Decapoda / Q000382:microbiology*; D005394:Fish Flour; D005396:Fish Products; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007861:Lebanon; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A / Q000145:classification