Affiliation:
1. Department of Clinical Microbiology at Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark,1and
2. The Streptococcus Laboratory, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia2
Abstract
ABSTRACT
One hundred one isolates of nutritionally variant streptococci from 97 patients were phenotypically characterized and compared with the type strains of
Granulicatella adiacens
(formerly
Abiotrophia adiacens
) (ATCC 49175
T
)
Abiotrophia defectiva
(ATCC 49176
T
), and
Granulicatella elegans
(formerly
Abiotrophia elegans
) (DSM 11693
T
). Of the isolates, 55 and 43 resembled
G
.
adiacens
and
A
.
defectiva
, respectively, while 3 strains resembled
G
.
elegans
. Phenotypic characteristics useful in differentiating between species within the genera
Granulicatella
and
Abiotrophia
(
G
.
adiacens
,
G
.
elegans
,
Granulicatella balaenopterae
, and
A
.
defectiva
) were production of α- and β-galactosidase; production of β-glucuronidase; hippurate hydrolysis; arginine dihydrolase activity; and acid production from trehalose, sucrose, pullulan, and tagatose. From the reports submitted with the specimens, the clinical diagnosis was endocarditis in 58% of patients and septicemia or bacteremia in 26% of patients.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Cited by
121 articles.
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