Detection of carboxypeptidases as taxonomic markers for Gram-negative bacteria

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 359-362

  Perry, J D ^a   Archer, L ^a   Jones, A L ^a   James, A L ^b   Ford, M ^a   Gould, F K ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA;

ACINETOBACTERS; AMINO-ACIDS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; L-AMINO ACIDS; NINHYDRIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIMPLE++;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; BENZOYLALANINE; BENZOYLLEUCINE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CELL MARKER; HIPPURIC ACID; N BENZOYLGLUTAMIC ACID; N BENZOYLHISTIDINE; N BENZOYLMETHIONINE; N BENZOYLPHENYLALANINE; NINHYDRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0031864586     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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