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| Organism: | Streptococcus pneumoniae (Klein 1884) Chester 1901 | |
| Designations: | ATCC BAA-1663 | |
| History: | ATCC << L McGee | |
| Biosafety level: | 2 | |
| Growth Conditions: | Medium: 56. TRYPTICASE SOY AGAR WITH SHEEP BLOOD 5% CO2 Temperature: 37.0 | |
| Comments: | Serotype 15B Pneumococcal Molecular Epidemiology Network reference strain for Netherlands15B-37 Representative strain of the Pneumococcal Molecular Epidemiology Network (PMEN) | |
| References: | Enright MC, Spratt BG. A multilocus sequence typing scheme for Streptococcus pneumoniae: identification of clones associated with serious invasive disease. Microbiology. 144( Pt 11): 3049-3060, 1998. McGee L, et al. Nomenclature of major antimicrobial-resistant clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae defined by the pneumococcal molecular epidemiology network. J Clin Microbiol. 39: 2565-2571, 2001. |