High throughput colorimetric assay for rapid urease activity quantification

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 324-326

  Onal Okyay, Tugba ^a   Frigi Rodrigues, Debora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorimetric assay; High throughput; Urease activity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN; UREASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NESSLER METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPID TEST; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

COLORIMETRIC ASSAY; HIGH THROUGHPUT; UREASE ACTIVITY;

COLORIMETRY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UREASE;

EID: 84886261009     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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