A novel α-hemolytic Streptococcus species (Streptococcus azizii sp. nov.) associated with meningoencephalitis in naïve weanling C57BL/6 mice

During 1 year, experimentally naïve C57BL/6NCrl weanlings born to timed-pregnant dams from a single vendor demonstrated markedly increased mortality associated with runting, abnormal gait, and decreased activity. Gram-positive, aerobic, α-hemolytic, coccoid bacteria were isolated from the meninges (...

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Main Authors: Braden, Gillian C., Arbona, Rodolfo Ricart, Lepherd, Michelle, Monette, Sebastien, Toma, Aziz, Fox, James G., Dewhirst, Floyd E., Lipman, Neil S.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Association for Laboratory Animal Science 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100517
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9307-6116