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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2004, p. 469-473, Vol. 42, No. 1
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.469-473.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification and Molecular Characterization of Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci Isolated from Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) and Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) of the German North and Baltic Seas

A. Vossen,1,2 A. Abdulmawjood,2 C. Lämmler,3* R. Weiß,4 and U. Siebert1

Forschungs- und Technologiezentrum Westküste, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Büsum,1 Ißnstitut für Tierärztliche Nahrungsmittelkunde,2 Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie,3 Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Giessen, Germany4

Received 3 March 2003/ Returned for modification 16 May 2003/ Accepted 5 October 2003

Bacteriological investigations of seals of the German North and Baltic seas resulted in the isolation of bacteria of the genus Streptococcus belonging to Lancefield's serological groups C, F, and L. According to biochemical, serological, and 16S ribosomal DNA analysis, the group C and group F streptococci were identified as Streptococcus phocae. The group L streptococci could be classified as Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Frankfurter Str. 107, D-35392 Giessen, Germany. Phone: 49-641-99-38406. Fax: 49-641-99-38409. E-mail: Christoph.Laemmler{at}vetmed.uni-giessen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2004, p. 469-473, Vol. 42, No. 1
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.469-473.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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