Acidification of methyl-α-D-glucopyranoside: A useful test to differentiate Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus gallinarum from Enterococcus faecium species group and from Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2607-2608

  Devriese, Luc A ^a   Pot, Bruno ^b   Kersters, Karel ^b   Lauwers, Sabine ^c   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLGLUCOSIDE; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029815150     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2607-2608.1996     Document Type: Article

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