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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 1998, p. 3520-3523, Vol. 36, No. 12
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Differentiation between Streptococcus gallolyticus Strains of Human Clinical and Veterinary Origins and Streptococcus bovis Strains from the Intestinal Tracts of Ruminants

Luc A. Devriese,1,* Peter Vandamme,2,3 Bruno Pot,2 Mia Vanrobaeys,1 Karel Kersters,2 and Freddy Haesebrouck1

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Merelbeke,1 Faculty of Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent,2 and University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp,3 Belgium

Received 8 April 1998/Returned for modification 8 June 1998/Accepted 15 September 1998

Strains formerly identified as Streptococcus bovis were allotted to two groups by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of whole-cell proteins. Strains from humans with infections, mostly patients with endocarditis, and strains from pigeons with septicemia clustered with the recently described species Streptococcus gallolyticus. The original S. bovis type strain and strains exclusively from ruminants formed the second cluster. The findings indicate that S. gallolyticus is more likely to be involved in human and animal infections than S. bovis. Growth characteristics and several biochemical reactions were found to be useful in the differentiation of S. gallolyticus from S. bovis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. Phone: 3292647435. Fax: 3292647494. E-mail: Luc.Devriese{at}rug.ac.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 1998, p. 3520-3523, Vol. 36, No. 12
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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