title: Ability of lysozyme and 2-deoxyglucose to differentiate human and bovine Streptococcus bovis strains.
abstract: Human and bovine Streptococcus bovis strains had the same 16S ribosomal DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism and often had the same patterns of starch, mannitol, lactose, and raffinose utilization. PCRs of BOX sequences differed, but numerical analyses indicated that some human strains clustered with bovine strains. However, human and bovine strains had distinctly different sensitivities to lysozyme and 2-deoxyglucose.
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Amina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurtovic
authors.forename: Graeme N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Jarvis
authors.forename: Hilário C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Mantovani
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000821:virology; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis; D009113:Muramidase / Q000032:analysis*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D016985:Streptococcus bovis / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D009113:Muramidase