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SUBMITTER: Kanki M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC126807 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Applied and environmental microbiology 20020701 7
Histamine fish poisoning is caused by histamine-producing bacteria (HPB). Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytoca are the best-known HPB in fish. However, 22 strains of HPB from fish first identified as K. pneumoniae or K. oxytoca by commercialized systems were later correctly identified as Raoultella planticola (formerly Klebsiella planticola) by additional tests. Similarly, five strains of Raoultella ornithinolytica (formerly Klebsiella ornithinolytica) were isolated from fish as new HPB. ...[more]