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A note on bile tolerance in Streptococcus agalactiae
Author(s) -
Davis G.H.G.,
Pham A.V.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1983.tb01309.x
Subject(s) - streptococcus agalactiae , streptococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biology , bacteria , genetics
Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from humans were found to be able to grow in the presence of high levels of bile but not in media containing levels of bile salts or surfactants commonly considered equivalent to bile in selective media.