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Yersinia pestis

Yersinia pestis

Catalogue No.

NCTC 5923

Current Name

Yersinia pestis

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

Soemedang

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Nutrient agar, 37°C, Facultative Anaerobe

Biological and Genomic Info

Susceptibility

Potassium cyanide: -

Fermentation

Salicin: +

Trehalose: +

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Enzyme Tests

Arginine deiminase: -

Cytochrome C oxidase: -

Gelatinase: -

Strain Data

(ATCC 19428) Type strain / H. Schutze, London in 1939 / Javan strain, avirulent / Vaccine production / Schutze, H. (1939) Br. J. exp. Path. 20, 235

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1939

Depositor

SCHUTZE H

Isolated From

javan strain

History

SCHUTZE H,LISTER INSTITUTE ,LONDON

Previous Catalogue Name

Yersinia pestis

Applications

Bibliography

SCHUTZE H 1939 BRIT J EXP PATH 20 235

Extended Bibliography

SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors), (1980), Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 225-420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225 1 LEHMANN (K.B.) and NEUMANN (R.), (1896), Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik, 1st ed., 1944, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02272779 The classification of plague-bacillus, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02272779

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)
  • Bacterial DNA - 2µg

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