| streptococcus merionis sp. nov., isolated from mongolian jirds (meriones unguiculatus). | gram-positive, catalase-negative, chain-forming, coccus-shaped organisms were isolated both from intraperitoneally grown vesicles of the fox tapeworm echinococcus multilocularis and the oropharynges of laboratory-kept mongolian jirds (meriones unguiculatus). the strains displayed no haemolytic activity on columbia sheep blood agar, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase activity was negative and the organisms reacted weakly with lancefield group d antiserum. on the basis of phenotypic characteristics, the str ... | 2009 | 19329603 |