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Proteinase zymograms ofSerratia marcescens as an epidemiological tool

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Six hundred and fifty-one clinicalSerratia marcescens isolates from Pellegrin Hospital (Bordeaux, France) were submitted to proteinase agar gel electrophoresis. Thirty-three different proteinase patterns (zymotypes) were found, and the distribution of zymotypes among ten clinical departments of the hospital from July, 1968, to June, 1974, was studied. Six major zymotypes, accounting for 76% of theS. marcescens isolates, were shown to have their own distribution patterns in time and space. This correlation suggests that determination of proteinase patterns might be a useful epidemiological tool.

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  1. Service des Entérobactéries, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue de Docteur Roux, F-75724, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Patrick A. D. Grimont & Francine Grimont

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Grimont, P.A.D., Grimont, F. Proteinase zymograms ofSerratia marcescens as an epidemiological tool. Current Microbiology 1, 15–18 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02601700

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