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Application of Yersinia kristensenii bacteriocin as a specific marker for the rapid identification of suspected isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica
Author(s) -
Toora S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1995.tb00419.x
Subject(s) - yersinia enterocolitica , yersinia , bacteriocin , microbiology and biotechnology , identification (biology) , biology , clinical microbiology , virology , bacteria , genetics , botany , antimicrobial
Out of 143 suspected foods and clinical isolates of the genus Yersinia , 77 isolates were bacteriocin‐sensitive and 66 bacteriocin non‐sensitive. Of the 77 bacteriocin‐sensitive isolates, 72 (93.5%) were identified as Y. enterocolitica and 5 (6.49%) as Y. frederiksenii. Out of 66 bacteriocin non‐sensitive suspected isolates, 22 (33.3%) were identified as Yersinia spp. other than Y. enterocolitica and 43 (65.1%) were other Gram‐negative bacteria with the exception of one (1.5%) isolate identified as Y. enterocolitica.