Research Article

Streptococcus shiloi, the Name for an Agent Causing Septicemic Infection in Fish, Is a Junior Synonym of Streptococcus iniae

ELDAR, AVI, FRELIER, PAUL F., ASSENTA, LILIANA, VARNER, PATRICIA W., LAWHON, SARAH, BERCOVIER, HERVE

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1995; 45(4):840 · https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-45-4-840

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Abstract

Streptococcus shiloi strains, including the type strain, which were isolated in Israel and the United States, and Streptococcus iniae ATCC 29178^T (T = type strain) are phenotypically identical (as determined with API 20 STREP and API 50CH kits; beta-hemolytic on sheep blood agar). DNA-DNA hybridization experiments revealed levels of homology of 77 to 100%. Thus, S. shiloi should be considered a junior synonym of S. iniae. This bacterium is a major fish pathogen that is distributed worldwide.