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1Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Antwerp UIA, Antwerp, Belgium
3Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Ghent, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Antwerp UIA, Antwerp, Belgium
4BCCM/LMG Culture Collection, University of Ghent, Ghent, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Antwerp UIA, Antwerp, Belgium
2University of Ghent, Ghent, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Antwerp UIA, Antwerp, Belgium
5Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital, Liège, Belgium
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Phone: (32)9.264.5113. Fax: (32)9.264.5092. E-mail: Peter.Vandamme{at}rug.ac.be.
ABSTRACT
Whole-cell protein electrophoretic analysis of the type strain of Streptococcus difficile (LMG 15799) revealed that this organism was indistinguishable from Streptococcus agalactiae strains. Although LMG 15799T (T = type strain) was originally described as serologically untypeable, we found that this strain was a group B streptococcus belonging to the capsular polysaccharide antigen type Ib group. The biochemical reactivity of S. difficile, which differed from the biochemical reactivity of typical S. agalactiae strains mainly by being less versatile, is similar to the biochemical reactivity of other group B, type Ib streptococci isolated from poikilothermic animals, such as fish and frogs.
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