Evaluation of methods for distinguishing gram-positive from gram-negative anaerobic bacteria

Anaerobe

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-168

  Bamarouf, A ^a   Eley, A ^a   Winstanley, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alanine; Aminopeptidase; Anaerobic bacteria; Gram reaction; Potassium hydroxide; Vancomycin susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANILIDE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ACTINOMYCES ODONTOLYTICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INNOCUUM; FUSOBACTERIUM; LEPTOTRICHIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 0030176169     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1996.0021     Document Type: Article

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