Properties of serological group B streptococci of dog, cat and monkey origin.
This study was designed to identify and characterize further Streptococcus agalactiae isolated during routine diagnostics from three diseased dogs and a cat, as well as from the inner organs of a monkey which died on a sepsis with beta-haemolytic streptococci. The cultures could be identified as streptococci of serological group B by cultural, biochemical and serological properties and by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified 16S ribosomal DNA. A further characterization of the isolates by serotyping and by determination of antibiotic resistances revealed a close relationship of these isolates to the human biotype of this species.
Lämmler
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Bakteriologie und Immunologie der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Frankfurter, Germany.
Abdulmawjood
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Weiss
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D000818:Animals; D002144:Callithrix; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D018419:Primate Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification