Identification of Streptococcus agalactiae by fluorescent in situ hybridization compared to culturing and the determination of prevalence of Streptococcus agalactiae colonization among pregnant women in Bushehr, Iran

Table 1 Results of the examination of bacterial strains by FISH

Bacterial strains	Source	Results of hybridization with probe
		EUB338	Saga
S. agalactiae	DSM 2134	+	+
S. agalactiae	Clinical isolate (from urine)	+	+
S. agalactiae	Clinical isolate (from vagina)	+	+
S. agalactiae	Clinical isolate (from wound)	+	+
S. agalactiae	Clinical isolate (from blood)	+	+
S. pyogenes	ATCC 19615	+	–
S. sobrinus	ATCC 27607	+	–
S. sanguis	ATCC 10556	+	–
A species of group D streptococci	Clinical isolate (from blood)	+	–
E. faecalis	ATCC 29212	+	–
E. faecium	Clinical isolate (from urine)	+	–
A β-haemolytic strain of Enterococcus	Clinical isolate (from vagina)	+	–
L. acidophilus	ATCC 4356	+	–
L. fermentum	DSM 20052	+	–

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