| phenotypic and molecular characterization of isolates of ornithobacterium rhinotracheale from chickens and pigeons in taiwan. | forty ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (ort) strains were isolated from 28 chickens and 12 pigeons for the first time in taiwan. all isolates reacted positively in the p-nitrophenyl-beta-d-galactopyranoside (pnpg) and oxidase tests, showing an api 20ne identification system biocode 0-0-2-0-0-0-4. all the pigeon isolates and 85.7% (24 of 28) of the chicken isolates belonged to serotype a. compared to the ort atcc 51464 strain, 14.3% (4 of 28) of chicken isolates and 58.3% (7 of 12) of pigeon isola ... | 2006 | 17274285 |