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Description of Enterococcus canis sp. nov. from dogs and reclassification of Enterococcus porcinus Teixeira et al. 2001 as a junior synonym of Enterococcus villorum Vancanneyt et al 2001.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2003
De Graef E M, Devriese L A, Vancanneyt M, Baele M, Collins M D, Lefebvre K, Swings J, Haesebrouck F
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Strains from anal swabs and chronic otitis externa in dogs were shown to be phylogenetically related to the Enterococcus faecium species group. They shared a number of phenotypic characteristics with these species, but they could be easily differentiated by biochemical reactions. In addition, the canine strains were unusual in their nearly complete failure to grow on sodium azide-containing enterococci-selective...
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