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Four hour-tests for the identification ofEnterobacteriaceae

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A set of 12 rapid biochemical tests—lysinedecarboxylase, ornithmedecarboxylase,β-galactosidase, urease, hydrogensulphide, indole, acetoin, deoxyribonuclease, esculin, mannitol, raffinose and sorbitol—were selected from an original set of 13 tests and were found to give 98% accurate reactions within 4 hrs of incubation for the identification of bacteria belonging toEnterobacteriaceae. This set permits identification on the genus and/or species level forEscherichia, Shigella, Citrobacter, Salmonella, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia andProteus.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm

    Carl-Erik Nord, Alf A. Lindberg & Ann Dahlbäck

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Nord, CE., Lindberg, A.A. & Dahlbäck, A. Four hour-tests for the identification ofEnterobacteriaceae . Med Microbiol Immunol 161, 231–238 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02122710

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