Open AccessAbility of Lysozyme and 2-Deoxyglucose To Differentiate Human and Bovine Streptococcus bovis Strains
Author(s) -
Amina Kurtovic,
Graeme N. Jarvis,
Hilário Cuquetto Mantovani,
James B. Russell
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.41.8.3951-3954.2003
Subject(s) - biology , raffinose , lysozyme , microbiology and biotechnology , lactose , streptococcaceae , streptococcus bovis , restriction fragment length polymorphism , polymerase chain reaction , genetics , biochemistry , gene , fermentation , rumen , sucrose , antibiotics
Human and bovine Streptococcus bovis strains had the same 16S ribosomal DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism and often had the same patterns of starch, mannitol, lactose, and raffinose utilization. PCRs of BOX sequences differed, but numerical analyses indicated that some human strains clustered with bovine strains. However, human and bovine strains had distinctly different sensitivities to lysozyme and 2-deoxyglucose.