Improvement of a selective media for the isolation of B. anthracis from soils

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-306

  Luna, Vicki A ^a   Gulledge, Jenny ^a   Cannons, Andrew C ^a   Amuso, Philip T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; PLET; Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; LYSOZYME; POLYMYXIN B; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EDETIC ACID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMIDASE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMYXINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70449536403     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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