Guinea Pig and Rat as Carriers of Host-unique and Shared Haemophilus Phenotypes

R Boot
2014
Infections by V- factor dependent Pasteurellaceae (commonly called Haemophilus spp) frequently occur in colonies of guinea pig and rat. We evaluated possible differences between 185 Haemophilus strains from guinea pig (n=97) and rat (n=88) by API NH biotyping and by cell wall lipid profiling (FAME-analysis). By combining results of both methods we found 28 Haemophilus API-FAME types. Seven API-FAME types were shared and comprised 66% and 76% of the guinea pig and rat Haemophilus strains
more » ... vely. The remaining 21 Haemophilus phenotypes were unique to either guinea pig (12 types) or rat (9 types).
doi:10.23675/sjlas.v35i3.147 fatcat:t2woc2cpirc65bk5tnvv5k76oa