@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-26-4-285, author = "Barker, Ruth M. and Kearney, Gabrielle M. and Nicholson, P. and Blair, Andrea L. and Porter, R. C. and Crichton, Pamela B.", title = "Types of Salmonella paratyphi B and their phylogenetic significance", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "1988", volume = "26", number = "4", pages = "285-293", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-26-4-285", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-26-4-285", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY The substrates inositol, rhamnose, d-tartrate and m-tartrate used in fermentation tests with 338 cultures of Salmonella paratyphi B differentiated strains in some phage types to give information that could be used in epidemiological investigations. Xylose in Bitter’s medium, the fifth substrate by which 13 of a potential 32 biotypes were identified, differentiated few cultures with the negative character. The possession of a specific type of outer-membrane protein receptor for colicin M or bacteriophage ES18 and the particular type of ribosomal ribonucleic acid present, defined three groups among the phage-typed and biotyped cultures. The possibility that the serotype S. paratyphi B contains clones of different phylogenetic origin and the consequent implications for nomenclature are discussed.", }