Genotypic Characterization of Streptococcus... [J Clin Microbiol. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

Genotypic Characterization of Streptococcus... [J Clin Microbiol. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec;50(12):4131-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02581-12. Epub 2012 Oct 10.

Genotypic Characterization of Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli Isolates from Sea Otters with Infective Endocarditis and/or Septicemia and from Environmental Mussel Samples.

Counihan-Edgar KL, Gill VA, Doroff AM, Burek KA, Miller WA, Shewmaker PL, Jang S, Goertz CE, Tuomi PA, Miller MA, Jessup DA, Byrne BA.

Source

University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medicine: Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Davis, California, USA.

Abstract

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used to type 128 Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli isolates from sea otters and mussels. Six SmaI PFGE groups were detected, with one predominant group representing 57% of the isolates collected over a wide geographic region. Several sea otter and mussel isolates were highly related, suggesting that an environmental infection source is possible.

PMID:

23052307

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PMCID:

PMC3503019

[Available on 2013/6/1]