Enzymatic chromogenic identification and differentiation of enterococci

Australian Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 76-81

  Merlino, J ^a   Funnell, Ki R ^a   Parkinson, D L ^b   Siarakas, S ^b   Veal, D ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CHROMagar Orientation; Chromogenic media; Differentiation; Enterococci streptococci identification; L pyrrolidonyl naphthylamide hydrolysis; D galactosidase; D glucosidase

Indexed keywords

2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; AGAR; ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; ESCULIN; NAPHTHYL GROUP; PYRUVIC ACID; RAFFINOSE; RIBOSE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAINING; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; MUREX; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A'; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP C'; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP G';

EID: 0031704943     PISSN: 10381643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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