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A new selective and differential medium forBacteroides ureolyticus was compared with other commonly used selective media for anaerobes in a diagnostic trial with routine clinical specimens. AllBacteroides ureolyticus strains grew on nalidixic acid-teicoplaninurea agar, producing red colonies against a straw-coloured background. This medium was found to be the most selective forBacteroides ureolyticus. In the diagnostic trial with 185 clinical specimens a 20% increase in the isolation rate ofBacteroides ureolyticus was obtained with this new medium.
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Eley, A., Clarry, T. & Bennett, K.W. Selective and differential medium for isolation ofBacteroides ureolyticus from clinical specimens. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 8, 83–85 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964126
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