| isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility of streptococcus castoreus isolated from carcasses of european beavers (castor fiber) in germany. | streptococcus (s.) castoreus was isolated from seven beavers (castor fiber), which were found dead in the federal state of brandenburg, germany, and submitted to the berlin-brandenburg state laboratory for post mortem diagnostics. the isolates originated from various inflammatory processes where they were associated with other gram negative and gram positive aerobic and/or anaerobic bacteria (i. e. actinobacillus sp., species of the actinomycetaceae family, coliform bacteria, fusobacterium sp., ... | 2015 | 26591385 |
| streptococcus castoreus sp. nov., isolated from a beaver (castor fiber). | a previously undescribed, gram-positive, catalase-negative, streptococcus-like organism originating from a european beaver (castor fiber) was subjected to a taxonomic study. the organism displayed beta-haemolytic activity and gave a positive reaction with lancefield group a antisera. based on the results of biochemical testing, the organism was tentatively identified as a member of the genus streptococcus, but it did not correspond phenotypically to any recognized species of this genus. comparat ... | 2005 | 15774672 |