Table 1. Biotyping characteristics of Brucella species isolates in Zhejiang, China.
| Strain No. | Growth characteristics | Monospecific Sera | Phages lysis testing | Interpreted | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO2 requested | H2S | BF | TH | A | M | R | Tb | BK2 | Wb | ||
| BA | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | CL | CL | CL | B. abortus 544 |
| BM | − | − | + | + | − | + | − | NL | CL | NL | B. melitensis16M |
| BS | − | ++ | − | + | + | − | − | NL | CL | CL | B. suis 1330 |
| 8 | − | − | + | + | − | + | − | NL | CL | NL | B. melitensis bv. 1 |
| 106 | − | − | + | + | + | + | − | NL | CL | NL | B. melitensis bv. 3 |
| 3 | − | − | + | + | + | − | − | CL | CL | CL | B. abortus bv. 3 |
| 1 | − | − | + | + | + | + | − | CL | CL | CL | B. abortus bv. 7 |
Description of data: Strain No., the number conferred to isolates; BF, Basic fuchsin at 20 μg/ml (1/50,000 w/v); TH, Thionin at 20 μg/ml (1/50,000 w/v); Phages, Tb = Tbilisi, BK2 = Berkeley type 2, Wb = Weybridge; CL, Confluent Lysis; NL, No lysis; RTD, Routine test dilution; +, positive (serum agglutination positive); –, negative (serum agglutination negative).