Misidentification of Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria as Vibrio alginolyticus by the Vitek system

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-353

  Park, T S ^a   Oh, S H ^a   Lee, E Y ^a   Lee, T K ^a   Park, K H ^b   Figueras, M J ^c   Chang, Chulhun L ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan City Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria; Misidentification of aeromonads; Vibrio alginolyticus; Vitek system

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS VERONII; AEROMONAS VERONII BIOVAR SOBRIA; BIOCHEMICAL TESTING; LOW SALINITY; MISIDENTIFICATION OF AEROMONAD; SALINITY CAUSE; SUSPENSION MEDIUM; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VITEK SYSTEM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; AEROMONAS VERONII; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; REACTION TIME; SALINITY; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS VERONII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 0141539304     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01410.x     Document Type: Article

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