| streptococcusmarmotae sp. nov., isolated from the respiratory tract of marmota himalayana. | five strains of a gram-stain-positive, catalase-negative, α-haemolytic, coccus-shaped chain-forming organism were isolated separately from the lower respiratory tracts of five animals of marmota himalayana in the endemic area of plague, the qinghai-tibet plateau, china. based on their morphological characteristics, biochemical features and molecular phylogenetic studies, the strains were placed as representing a new member of the genus streptococcus. comparative 16s rrna gene sequence studies in ... | 2016 | 27473166 |