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Yersinia strains isolated from river water: biochemical, serological, and phage typing characteristics

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Twenty-fourYersinia enterocolitica-like strains were isolated from heavily contaminated river water. Twenty-three of the strains could only be isolated on deoxycholate-hydrogen sulfidelactose agar after cold-enrichment in tryptone soya broth. Biochemically, these strains exhibited the common properties ofY. enterocolitica. However, most strains were also melibiose-, rhamnose-, raffinose-, and Simmons’ citrate-positive. Two strains fermented lactose. The serological typing showed that the strains belonged to the serotypes O:1, O:14, O:38 and O:55. Four strains had a K-antigen linked to a complex antigenic structure. Two strains were autoagglutinated. One strain was agglutinated by two different serotypes. The strains belonged to the phage types Xo and Xz.

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    W. Van Pee, J. Stragier & L. Boni

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Van Pee, W., Stragier, J. & Boni, L. Yersinia strains isolated from river water: biochemical, serological, and phage typing characteristics. Current Microbiology 4, 17–20 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02602885

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