%0 Journal Article %A Baele, Margo %A Devriese, Luc A. %A Vancanneyt, Marc %A Vaneechoutte, Mario %A Snauwaert, Cindy %A Swings, Jean %A Haesebrouck, Freddy %T Emended description of Streptococcus ferus isolated from pigs and rats %D 2003 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 53 %N 1 %P 143-146 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02246-0 %K tDNA-PCR, tRNA-intergenic spacer length polymorphism analysis %I Microbiology Society, %X Streptococcus ferus is a mutans-like streptococcus originally isolated from wild rats fed with sugar cane. Taxonomically, this species has not been studied extensively. Ten Gram-positive coccal strains, isolated from the tonsils and nasal conchae of piglets, were identified as S. ferus by 16S rDNA sequencing, tRNA-intergenic spacer length polymorphism analysis (tDNA-PCR), whole-cell protein profiling using SDS-PAGE, G+C content determination and extensive biochemical testing. In all these tests, the type strain of S. ferus (LMG 16520T), from a rat, was included. The results of the tests are described and an emended species description is presented. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02246-0