Genotypic diversity of Streptococcus suis and the S. suis-like bacterium Streptococcus ruminantium in ruminants

Abstract Although Streptococcus suis has attracted public attention as a major swine and human pathogen, this bacterium has also been isolated from other animals, including ruminants. However, recent taxonomic studies revealed the existence of other species that were previously identified as S. suis...

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Main Authors: Masatoshi Okura, Fumito Maruyama, Atsushi Ota, Takeshi Tanaka, Yohei Matoba, Aya Osawa, Sayed Mushtaq Sadaat, Makoto Osaki, Atsushi Toyoda, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Daisuke Takamatsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-019-0708-1