A comparison of a new campylobacter selective medium (CAT) with membrane filtration for the isolation of thermophilic campylobacters including Campylobacter upsaliensis

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 645-650

  Aspinall, S T ^a   Wareing, D R A ^b   Hayward, P G ^a   Hutchinson, D N ^b  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHARCOAL; MICROFILTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDES;

% REDUCTIONS; AMPHOTERICIN; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CAMPYLOBACTERS; CEFOPERAZONE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; SELECTIVE MEDIUM; TEICOPLANIN; THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTERS;

RECOVERY;

AMPHOTERICIN; CEFOPERAZONE; TEICOPLANIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CULTURE MEDIUM; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER UPSALIENSIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0029933021     PISSN: 00218847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03269.x     Document Type: Article

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