Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of virulent yersinia enterocolitica strains unable to ferment sucrose.

doi:10.1128/JCM.36.9.2732-2734.1998

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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of virulent yersinia enterocolitica strains unable to ferment sucrose.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 1998

Guiyoule A, Guinet F, Martin L, Benoit C, Desplaces N, Carniel E

Abstract excerpt

Several atypical sucrose-negative Yersinia strains, isolated from clinical samples and sometimes associated with symptoms, proved to have full virulence potential in in vitro and in vivo testings. DNA-relatedness studies revealed that they were authentic Yersinia enterocolitica strains. Therefore...

Topics

Adult
Diarrhea
Fermentation
Genotype
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Serotyping
Sucrose
Virulence
Yersinia Infections
Yersinia enterocolitica

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