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The speciesYersinia enterocolitica is definedsensu stricto on the bases of biochemical and other phenotypic characteristics. Biochemically,Y. enterocolitica contains five major biotypes: 1 through 4 of Niléhn and of Wauters, and the trehalose-negative, metabolically inactive, socalled hare strains in biotype 5 of Niléhn and of Wauters, and biochemically atypical strains, including urease-negative, Simmons' citrate-positive, and lactose-and raffinose-positive strains.Y. enterocolitica sensu stricto was distinguishable from the newly described speciesYersinia kristensenii by sucrose and Voges-Proskauer reactions (negative inY. kristensenii). These species were previously separated by DNA relatedness.Y. enterocolitica was also separable biochemically and by DNA relatedness from the two newly proposed rhamnose-positive species,Yersinia intermedia andYersinia frederiksenii. Strain 161(=CIP 80-27=ATCC 9610) is proposed as the neotype forY. enterocolitica.
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Bercovier, H., Brenner, D.J., Ursing, J. et al. Characterization ofYersinia enterocolitica sensu stricto . Current Microbiology 4, 201–206 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02605857
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