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Especially in geese, erysipelas cause high economic losses. In this study, we determined the phenotypic and genotypic features of Erysipelothrix strains isolated from diseased geese, using the API Coryne tests for biochemical characteristics and PCR, random amplified polymorphic DNA-PCR (RAPD) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) for genetic characteristics. The isolates were confirmed with PCR to be E. rhusiopathiae and belonged to serotypes 1b, 2, and 5 with 1b serotype domination (55.3%). Among 47 isolates, five RAPD profiles (marked as A\u2013E) and 7 PFGE profiles (marked I\u2013VII) were noted. The RAPD profiles contained four to six bands and the PFGE profiles nine to eleven bands. The most common RAPD profile was B profile (42.5%), and the most common PFGE profile was I (36.2%). Five biochemical types of E. rhusipathiae were identified with the most common biochemical type (pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, acetyl-b-glucosaminidase, glucose, ribose, lactose- positive), which included 68.1% isolates and was matched to E. rhusiopathiae in 99.9%. Differences in biochemical reactions among the strains were related to the ability to degrade pyrazinamidase, alkaline phosphatase, and ribose. This study shows that most E. rhusiopathiae strains isolated from geese differ in their phenotypic and molecular characteristics, and there are no distinctive features that are typical of strains from geese.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vetsci12121202","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,15]],"date-time":"2025-12-15T13:32:37Z","timestamp":1765805557000},"page":"1202","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Phenotypic Characterization and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA-PCR Profiling of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Isolated from Erysipelas in Domestic Geese in Poland (2008\u20132018)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7214-073X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kamila","family":"Bobrek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Bird and Exotic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroc\u0142aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, pl. 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