| vagococcus carniphilus sp. nov., isolated from ground beef. | nine enterococcus-like strains were referred to the streptococcus laboratory at the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) for further identification from the national antimicrobial resistance monitoring system laboratory at the cdc. the cultures were isolated from ground beef purchased from retail in oregon in 2000. conventional biochemical testing and analysis of whole-cell protein electrophoretic profiles distinguished these strains from known species of enterococci and vagococci. c ... | 2004 | 15388702 |