Taxonomic evidence that serovar 7 of Erysipelothrix strains isolated from dogs with endocarditis are Erysipelothrix tonsillarum.

Abstract

The levels of relatedness among strains of Erysipelothrix serovar 7 isolated from dogs with endocarditis were estimated by performing DNA-DNA hybridization experiments with the type strains of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and Erysipelothrix tonsillarum. All the canine strains exhibited more than 81% hybridization with the type strain of E. tonsillarum but less than 13% hybridization with the type strain of E. rhusiopathiae. Based on DNA-DNA hybridization results we confirmed that serovar 7 of the isolates from dogs with endocarditis were conclusively identified as E. tonsillarum. These results strongly indicate that some strains of genomic E. tonsillarum are a canine pathogen.

• Authors: T Takahasi, T Fujisawa, K Yamamoto, M Kijima, T Takahashi
• Journal: Journal of veterinary medicine. B, Infectious diseases and veterinary public health (J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health) Vol. 47 Issue 4 Pg. 311-3 (May 2000) ISSN: 0931-1793 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 10861200 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• DNA, Bacterial

Topics

• Animals
• DNA, Bacterial (chemistry, isolation & purification)
• Dog Diseases (microbiology)
• Dogs
• Endocarditis, Bacterial (microbiology, veterinary)
• Erysipelothrix (classification, genetics, isolation & purification)
• Erysipelothrix Infections (microbiology)
• Nucleic Acid Hybridization
• Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
• Swine
• Swine Erysipelas (microbiology)