Population structure of human isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae from Dakar and Bangui.

Mathieu Brochet (1) , Elisabeth Couvé (1) , Raymond Bercion (2) , Jean-Marie Sire (3) , Philippe Glaser (1)

1 Génétique des Génomes Bactériens
2 Institut Pasteur de Bangui
3 Institut Pasteur de Dakar

Multilocus sequence types of 163 human Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated in Bangui and Dakar were analyzed. We identified local specificities in the distribution of sequence types and capsular serotypes. However, the overall population structure is similar to that in the United States and Europe, suggesting that few specific clones colonize humans.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology

Mathieu Brochet, Elisabeth Couvé, Raymond Bercion, Jean-Marie Sire, Philippe Glaser. Population structure of human isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae from Dakar and Bangui.. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2009, 47 (3), pp.800-3. ⟨10.1128/JCM.01103-08⟩. ⟨pasteur-00584027⟩