RESUMO
77 strains of Pasteurella from various animal species were tested using the API micromethod for their ability to assimilate 147 carbon substrates and ferment 49 carbohydrates. Typical profiles of P. multocida and P. haemolytica were determined. This micromethod should prove useful in establishing the biotypes of Pasteurella species and in studying their epidemiology and pathogenicity.
Assuntos
Metabolismo dos Carboidratos , Infecções por Pasteurella/veterinária , Pasteurella/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Animais , Técnicas Bacteriológicas , Fermentação , França , Pasteurella/isolamento & purificação , Infecções por Pasteurella/microbiologia , Especificidade da EspécieRESUMO
The N/F FLOW and API 20 NE identification systems were compared for their ability to identify 182 strains of either non-fermentative or fermentative oxidase-positive gram-negative bacilli. Agreement with the identification given by conventional methods was achieved for 91,7 per cent of strains by the API System but for only 81,9 per cent of strains by the N/F System. Complementary tests were needed to identify 35,4 per cent of strains using the API System but 65,2 per cent using the N/F System.