An evaluation of the oxoid biochemical identification system campy rapid screening test for campylobacteraceae and helicobacter spp.

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 675-679

  Hoosain, Nisreen ^a   Lastovica, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arcobacter; Campylobacter; Helicobacter; L alanine aminopeptidase; Oxoid Biochemical Identification System

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DIAGNOSIS;

ARCOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER; HELICOBACTER; L-ALANINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; OXOID BIOCHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM;

TESTING;

MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATABASE; ENZYME; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERACEAE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; GENOMICS; GENUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXOID BIOCHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERACEAE; HELICOBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 65649128644     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02593.x     Document Type: Article

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