Table 2. Classical biotyping assay for identified isolates from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
| Strain No. | Growth characteristics | Monospecific sera | Phage lysis testing | Interpretation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO2 requested | H2S | BF | TH | A | M | R | Tb | BK2 | Wb | ||
| B. abortus 544 (1) | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | CL | CL | NL | B. abortus bv.1 |
| B. melitensis 16M (1) | − | − | + | + | − | + | − | NL | CL | NL | B. melitensis bv. 1 |
| B. suis 1330 (1) | − | + | − | + | + | − | − | NL | CL | CL | B. suis bv. 1 |
| 30 | − | − | + | + | − | + | − | NL | CL | NL | B. melitensis bv. 1 |
| 2 | − | − | + | + | + | − | − | NL | CL | NL | B. melitensis bv. 2 |
| 71 | − | − | + | + | + | + | − | NL | CL | NL | B. melitensis bv. 3 |
| 3 | − | − | + | + | + | + | − | NL | CL | NL | B. melitensis bv-var |