| characteristics of togo strains of brucella abortus from cattle. | thirty togolese strains of brucella from cattle were classified as members of b. abortus biotype 3 by the recommended methods of the subcommittee on taxonomy of this genus. however two unusual characteristics distinguish the togolese strains from the main group of b. abortus: their mean oxidative profile altered on four of the conventional substrates (l-asparagine, l-arabinose, d-galactose and d-xylose) and their very slow growth on usual media. these two original characteristics are discussed f ... | 1982 | 6820250 |