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Quantitation of the Tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine Oxidase Reaction in Neisseria Species

Overview
Journal Appl Microbiol
Publisher American Society for Microbiology
Specialty Microbiology
Date 1974 Dec 1
PMID 4451367
Citations 8
Authors
P Jurtshuk
T W Milligan
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Abstract

The tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine oxidase reaction commonly used in the Kovacs oxidase test was quantitatively estimated for various Neisseria species employing standardized resting cell suspensions. This genus of microorganisms exhibited very high tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine oxidase rates comparable to that of Azotobacter and Pseudomonas, and this reaction was found to be a valid measurement for the respiratory capability possessed by this group of organisms.

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