This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by De Herdt, P Articles by Ducatelle, R Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by De Herdt, P Articles by Ducatelle, R

Biochemical and antigenic properties of Streptococcus bovis isolated from pigeons.

Laboratory of Veterinary Bacteriology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Gent, Belgium.

ABSTRACT

Biochemical and serological properties of 60 strains of Streptococcus bovis isolated from healthy pigeons and from pigeons that died from S. bovis septicemia were determined. On the basis of the hemolysis of bovine erythrocytes, the production of polysaccharides on saccharose-containing media, and the fermentation of mannitol, inulin, trehalose, and L-arabinose, the isolates were classified in five biotypes and two subbiotypes. Slide agglutination and microagglutination tests using monospecific rabbit antisera allowed the classification of all isolates in five serotypes.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Chadfield, M. S., Christensen, J. P., Decostere, A., Christensen, H., Bisgaard, M. (2007). Geno- and Phenotypic Diversity of Avian Isolates of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus (Streptococcus bovis) and Associated Diagnostic Problems. J. Clin. Microbiol. 45: 822-827 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Devriese, L. A., Vandamme, P., Pot, B., Vanrobaeys, M., Kersters, K., Haesebrouck, F. (1998). Differentiation between Streptococcus gallolyticus Strains of Human Clinical and Veterinary Origins and Streptococcus bovis Strains from the Intestinal Tracts of Ruminants. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36: 3520-3523 [Abstract] [Full Text]