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RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF GRAM‐NEGATIVE RODS USING A THREE‐TUBE METHOD COMBINED WITH A DICHOTOMIC KEY
Author(s) -
LASSEN JÖRGEN
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1975.tb00134.x
Subject(s) - gram , isolation (microbiology) , key (lock) , rod , tube (container) , identification (biology) , computer science , biology , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , materials science , bacteria , computer security , medicine , ecology , genetics , composite material , pathology , alternative medicine
A three‐tube method combined with a dichotomic key is presented which will identify virtually all Enterobacteriaceae as well as a number of other frequently encountered Gram‐negative rods at a genus or species level within 20 hours following the primary isolation. The method is shown to be reliable and simple, saving processing time and material.