A. Lester et al., PHENOTYPICAL CHARACTERS AND RIBOTYPING OF PASTEURELLA-AEROGENES FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES, Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, 279(1), 1993, pp. 75-82
On the occasion of five Danish human Pasteurella aerogenes from pig bi
te lesions, a comparison was made between 6 isolates from man and 15 a
nimal isolates, mainly from pigs. The strains originated from 6 differ
ent countries (USA, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Belgium and Denmar
k). The 21 isolates were characterized by conventional biochemical tes
ts, antibiogram and the API 20 NE kit; finally ribotyping was carried
out by hybridizing EcoRI-digested chromosomal DNA with a probe derived
from E. coli ribosomal RNA. By ribotyping, 19 of the 21 strains clust
ered at a similarity level of 81% or more; both phenotypical tests and
ribotyping indicated that the remaining two strains did not belong to
the species P. aerogenes. In conclusion, despite minor differences ou
r P. aerogenes isolates constituted a well-defined group and they coul
d not be subdivided on basis of animal or geographical origin.