title: [Approaches to species-specific typing of double mixed cultures comprising pseudotuberculosis bacteria and atypical plague bacillus strains].
abstract: The species relevance of atypical Yersinia strains was determined by various microbiological, immunological, and genetic (including polymerase chain reaction) tests. These strains were shown to represent mixed cultures of Y. pseudotuberculosis serovariant O1b and Y. pestis var antiqua. Identification-resistant cells with atypical properties and plasmid segregation were found in the populations of Y. pestis strains. Analysis of different diagnostic tests revealed the most reliable ones selected for the identification of atypical Y. pestis strains with unstable genome.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Arsen'eva
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Trukhachev
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lebedeva
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Bozhko
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Lysova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000145:classification*; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000145:classification*; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000145:classification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial