Investigation of the molecular characteristics of Brucella isolates from Guangxi Province, China

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Biotyping characteristics of Brucella species isolates in Guangxi, China

Strain No.	Growth characteristics				Monospecific Sera			Phages lysis testing			Interpreted
Strain No.	CO₂ requested	H₂S	BF	TH	A	M	R	Tb	BK₂	Wb	Interpreted
BA	+	+	+	–	+	–	–	+	+	+	B. abortus 544
BM	–	–	+	+	–	+	–	–	+		B. melitensis16M
BS	–	++	–	+	+	–	–	–	+	+	B. suis 1330
GX001~015, GX040	–	–	+	+	+	+	–	NL	CL	NL	B. melitensis bv. 3
GX021, GX024	–	++	–	+	+	–	–	NL	CL	CL	B. suis bv. 1
GX016~021, 022, 023, GX025~032	–	–	+	+	+	–	–	NL	CL	CL	B. suis bv. 3
GX033~GX039	–	–	–	+	–	–	+	NL	NL	NL	B. canis

Strain No., the number conferred to isolates;
BF, Basic fuchsin at 20 μg /ml (1/50,000 w/v); TH, Thionin at 20 μg /ml (1/50,000 w/v);
Phages, Tb = Tbilisi, BK₂ = Berkeley type 2, Wb = Weybridge;
CL, Confluent Lysis; NL, No lysis; RTD, Routine test dilution;
+, positive (serum agglutination positive);
-, negative (serum agglutination negative)

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