Types of Salmonella paratyphi B and their phylogenetic significance

• Published in: Journal of medical microbiology Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 285 - 293
• Main Authors: Barker, Ruth M, Kearney, Gabrielle M, Nicholson, P, Blair, Andrea L, Porter, R. C, Crichton, Pamela B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Soc General Microbiol 01.08.1988; Society for General Microbiology
• Subjects: Bacteriology; Bacteriophage Typing; Biological and medical sciences; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Colicins - biosynthesis; Colicins - pharmacology; Fermentation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Microbiology; Paratyphoid Fever - microbiology; Pathogenicity, virulence, toxins, bacteriocins, pyrogens, host-bacteria relations, miscellaneous strains; Phylogeny; RNA, Bacterial - classification; RNA, Ribosomal - classification; Salmonella - classification; Salmonella paratyphi B - classification; Salmonella paratyphi B - isolation & purification; Salmonella paratyphi B - metabolism; Salmonella Phages; Salmonella; Biological evolution; Salmonella paratyphi B; Chemotaxonomy; Bacteriocinotyping; Phylogeny; Strain; Colicin; Antibiotic; Type; Characteristics; Ribosomal RNA; Biotype; Microorganism culture; Lysotype; Bacteria; Escherichieae; Enterobacteriaceae
• ISSN: 0022-2615; 1473-5644
• DOI: 10.1099/00222615-26-4-285

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Dundee Medical School, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY Received December 7, 1987 Accepted December 11, 1987 Summary . The substrates inositol, rhamnose, d -tartrate and m -tartrate used in fermentation tests with 338 cultures of Salmonella paratyphi B differentiated strains in some phage types to give information that could be used in epidemiological investigations. Xylose in Bitter's medium, the fifth substrate by which 13 of a potential 32 biotypes were identified, differentiated few cultures with the negative character. The possession of a specific type of outer-membrane protein receptor for colicin M or bacteriophage ES18 and the particular type of ribosomal ribonucleic acid present, defined three groups among the phage-typed and biotyped cultures. The possibility that the serotype S. paratyphi B contains clones of different phylogenetic origin and the consequent implications for nomenclature are discussed.