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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 263, Issue 2, Pages 236-239Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00428.x
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Streptococcus agalactiae; bovine; conventional serotyping; molecular serotyping
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We used a multiplex PCR-based reverse line blot (mPCR/RLB) hybridization assay and sequencing of a variable region of the cps cluster to identify serotypes of 140 Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus; GBS) isolates from cattle. Only 71 (51%) isolates were typeable using antisera, but molecular serotypes (MS) were assigned to 133 (95%) and 139 (99%) isolates by partial cpsE-cpsF-cpsG sequencing and mPCR/RLB, respectively. Ninety-four isolates (67%) belonged to MS III and most belonged to a molecular serosubtype (msst) III-3, which is uncommon among GBS isolates from humans. Our results demonstrate that cps clusters of bovine GBS differ significantly from those of GBS isolates from humans.
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