Multiple typing of strains of Salmonella enterica subsp. Bongori ser. 48:z35:- isolated in southern Italy

Abstract

In 1984–1987, 10 isolates of Salmonella enterica subsp. bongori ser. 48:z₃₅:-, 9 of human source, were identified at the Southern Italy Centre of Enterobacteriaceae. This serotype had never been identified in Southern Italy before 1984. The combined use of different typing methods, with particular reference to restriction enzyme fingerprinting of plasmid and chromosomal DNA, supports the hypothesis that all Bongor serovars derive from a single strain.