Phage Typing of Staphylococcus intermedius Isolated from Canine Clinical Specimens.
- Author:
Cheong Kyu PARK
1
;
Sung Kuk KIM
;
Young Ju LEE
;
Sang Geon YEO
;
Ki Seuk KIM
Author Information
1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea. ckpark@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Staphylococcus intermedius;
Dogs;
Phage typing
- MeSH:
Animals;
Bacteriophage Typing*;
Bacteriophages*;
Dogs;
Host Specificity;
Mitomycin;
Staphylococcus intermedius*;
Staphylococcus*
- From:Journal of Bacteriology and Virology
2005;35(3):191-196
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bacteriophages were induced from staphylococcus intermedius isolates from dogs and used for a phage typing. Mitomycin C induction was performed on 60 strains of S. intermedius and all phages were reacted with the strains. Twenty-eight strains (46.7%) were found to be lysogenic. Based on host ranges, eight phages were selected. By using the eight phages, 129 strains isolated from canine clinical specimens were subjected to the phage typing at the routine test dilution (RTD) and 100xRTD. Typability of the phage set was 78.3%, yielding 40 phage patterns. The phage set was considered useful for differentiating S. intermedius strains isolated from dogs. None of 50 strains of S. aureus, 2 (3.6%) of 56 S. simulance strains, 13 (24.5%) of 53 S. chromogenes strains and 46 (28.1%) of 164 S. hyicus strains were typable by the phages at 100xRTD.
