J.J. Maurer
E.B. Shotts
S.V. Dodson
1999
<div class="abstract-group "><div class="article-section__content en main"><p><i>Streptococcus iniae</i><span> </span>is an important bacterial pathogen of fish, causing up to 50% mortality in stocks, which has recently been associated with human infections. To determine whether<span> </span><i>S. iniae</i><span> </span>isolates from humans and fish are similar, the present authors examined the biochemical profiles and genetic relatedness of these isolates by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis and repetitive primer polymerase chain reaction(REP PCR). The biochemical profiles differentiated between the human and fish isolates of<span> </span><i>S. iniae</i><span> </span>using pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, arginine dehydrogenase, ribose, β-glucoronidase and glycogen as markers. These biochemical results suggest that the fish and human<span> </span><i>S. iniae</i><span> </span>isolates are genetically different. However, RAPD and REP PCR do not have the discriminatory power to differentiate between these streptococcus isolates using five different RAPD primers and BoxA primer.</p></div></div>
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10.1046/j.1365-2761.1999.00170.x
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Biochemical and molecular typing of Streptococcus iniae isolated from fish and human cases
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