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The sensitivity of the biotypes of Brucella abortus to three antibiotics used in selective media, and the description of a new biotype
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 May 2009
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An investigation into the antibiotic sensitivity of B. abortus biotypes to polymyxin B sulphate, amphotericin B, and bacitracin has shown that the dye-sensitive strains are also antibiotic-sensitive; and preliminary experiments suggest that these two properties are not genetically related.
The results suggest that biotype 2 can be subdivided on the basis of antibiotic sensitivity pattern, and that this could be of epidemiological significance.
Investigation into the antibiotic sensitivity pattern of the dye-sensitive variant B. abortus, biotype 4, leads us to believe that this strain should be reclassified as a separate biotype and provisionally called biotype 10.
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