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Streptococcus oriloxodontae sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavities of elephants.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2014
Shinozaki-Kuwahara Noriko, Saito Masanori, Hirasawa Masatomo, Takada Kazuko
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Two strains were isolated from oral cavity samples of healthy elephants. The isolates were Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped organisms that were tentatively identified as a streptococcal species based on the results of biochemical tests. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis suggested classification of these organisms in the genus Streptococcus with Streptococcus criceti ATCC 19642(T) and...
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