Simple and rapid method for detection of nitrate reductase activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium canettii grown in the Bactec MGIT960 system

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-210

  Goh, Khye Seng ^a   Rastogi, Nalin ^a  

^a Unite de la Tuberculose et des Mycobacteries   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

Bactec MGIT960; Detection; M. canettii; Mycobacterium; Nitrate reductase; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLI (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 77951976505     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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