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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2002, p. 3462-3466, Vol. 68, No. 7
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.7.3462-3466.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Klebsiella pneumoniae Produces No Histamine: Raoultella planticola and Raoultella ornithinolytica Strains Are Histamine Producers

Masashi Kanki,* Tomoko Yoda, Teizo Tsukamoto, and Tadayoshi Shibata

Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Higashinari-ku, Osaka 537-0025, Japan

Received 11 December 2001/ Accepted 11 April 2002

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. R. planticola and R. ornithinolytica strains were equal in their histamine-producing capabilities and were determined to possess the hdc genes, encoding histidine decarboxylase. On the other hand, a collection of 61 strains of K. pneumoniae and 18 strains of K. oxytoca produced no histamine.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Nakamichi 1-3-69, Higashinari-ku, Osaka 537-0025, Japan. Phone: 81-6-6972-1321. Fax: 81-6-6972-1329. E-mail: kanki{at}iph.pref.osaka.jp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2002, p. 3462-3466, Vol. 68, No. 7
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.7.3462-3466.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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