Four Hour-test for the Identification of Enterobacteriaceae

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Journal Med Microbiol Immunol

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 1975 Sep 19

PMID 1196260

Citations 3

Authors

A A Linberg

A Dahlback

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Abstract

A set of 12 rapid biochemical tests--lysinedecarboxylase, ornithinedecarboxylase, beta-galactosidase, urease, hydrogensulphide, indole, acetoin, deoxyribonuclease, esculin, mannitol, raffinose and sorbitol--were selected from an original set of 13 tests and were found to give 98% accurate reactions within 4 hrs of incubation for the identification of bacteria belonging to Enterobacteriaceae. This set permits identification on the genus and/or species level for Escherichia, Shigella, Citrobacter, Salmonella, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia and Proteus.

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