Enzymatic substrates in microbiology

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-155

  Orenga, Sylvain ^a   James, Arthur L ^b   Manafi, Mohammed ^c   Perry, John D ^b,d   Pincus, David H ^e  

^a Research and Development Microbiology   (France)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

Chromogenic medium; Detection; Identification; Synthetic enzymatic substrate

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; HYDROLASE; LUCIFERASE; NITROREDUCTASE;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES CULTURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VIBRIO; WOUND INFECTION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

COLORING AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMES; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350004063     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.08.001     Document Type: Review

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