Article
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of atypical Lactococcus garvieae strains isolated from water buffalos with subclinical mastitis and confirmation of L. garvieae as a senior subjective synonym of Enterococcus seriolicida.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Jul 1996
Teixeira L M, Merquior V L, Vianni M C, Carvalho M G, Fracalanzza S E, Steigerwalt A G, Brenner D J, Facklam R R
Abstract excerpt
During a survey of bacterial agents that cause subclinical mastitis in water buffalos, we isolated several strains of gram-positive cocci that appeared to be enterococci except that they grew very slowly at 45 degrees C and grew slowly in broth containing 6.5% NaCl. On the basis of the results of...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins
- Buffaloes
- DNA, Bacterial
- Enterococcus
- Female
- Genotype
- Lactococcus
- Mastitis
- Phenotype