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. 1980 Aug;56(4):235–238. doi: 10.1136/sti.56.4.235

Bacterial interference of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by alpha-haemolytic streptococci.

M E McBride, W C Duncan, J M Knox
PMCID: PMC1045785  PMID: 6775764

Abstract

Fifty pharyngeal isolates of alpha-haemolytic streptococci were tested against 20 cervical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae for bacterial interference in vitro using the lawn-spotting method. Forty-seven (94%) isolates of streptococci showed inhibitory activity toward N gonorrhoeae, although nine of these were inhibitory to only one isolate of N gonorrhoeae. Isolates of N gonorrhoeae varied widely in their sensitivity to streptococci; the most sensitive were inhibited by 40 isolates of streptococci and the least sensitive by only 14 isolates. Species of Streptococcus found to inhibit growth of N gonorrhoeae were S mitis, S MG intermedius, S sanguis II, S mutans, and S morbillorum.

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