Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201
Abstract
A bacteriophage-typing scheme for the differentiation and classification of clinically isolated strains of
Serratia marcescens
was developed. Thirty-four
Serratia
bacteriophages were isolated from sewage and used to type 185 of 204 isolates (90.6%) of
S. marcescens
into 23 bacteriophage groups representing 71 types. Different bacteriophage types occurred at different intervals, suggesting that particular strains of
S. marcescens
are found at certain times. A correlation was found between inositol fermentation and bacteriophage type and between susceptibility to carbenicillin and bacteriophage type. However, there was no relationship between source of isolate and bacteriophage type. Bacteriophage typing of
S. marcescens
should provide a system which will aid in determining the origin of nosocomial
Serratia
infections.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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