Biovar

A group of bacterial strains that are distinguishable from other strains of the same species on the basis of their physiological characteristics.

A group of strains of a species of microorganisms having differentiable biochemical or physiological characteristics.

A biovar is a variant prokaryotic strain that differs physiologically and/or biochemically from other strains in a particular species. Morphovars are those strains that differ physiologically. Serovars are those strains that have antigenic properties that differ from other strains.

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