Fernie D S, Park R W
J Med Microbiol. 1977 Aug;10(3):325-9. doi: 10.1099/00222615-10-3-325.
Faeces voided by eight species of laboratory or feral rodents were cultured for campylobacters by means of selective methods. Campylobacters were isolated from bank voles and from rats, but not from rabbits, laboratory mice, hamsters, guinea-pigs, field mice or field voles. In routine biochemical tests isolates from bank voles resembled a type of Campylobacter fetus that causes infectious infertility in cattle; isolates from rats resembled Campylobacter coli associated with swine dysentery. Electrophoretograms of acid plus phenol soluble proteins revealed striking differences between isolates from rodents, C. fetus and C coli. It is concluded that campylobacters are more widespread in rodents than hitherto realised, and that routine methods for differentiating campylobacters do not allow an adequate correlation with pathogenicity or habitat.
采用选择性方法对8种实验用或野生啮齿动物排出的粪便进行弯曲杆菌培养。从黄毛鼠和大鼠中分离出了弯曲杆菌，但未从家兔、实验小鼠、仓鼠、豚鼠、田鼠或野鼠中分离出。在常规生化试验中，来自黄毛鼠的分离株类似于一种可导致牛传染性不育的胎儿弯曲杆菌；来自大鼠的分离株类似于与猪痢疾相关的大肠弯曲杆菌。酸性加酚溶性蛋白的电泳图谱显示，啮齿动物分离株、胎儿弯曲杆菌和大肠弯曲杆菌之间存在显著差异。得出的结论是，弯曲杆菌在啮齿动物中的分布比迄今所认识到的更为广泛，并且用于区分弯曲杆菌的常规方法无法与致病性或栖息地进行充分的关联。
