Preliminary observations on the application of the multiple inocula (replicator) method for carbon substrate utilization studies of Alcaligenes faecalis.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 5 ·No. 4 ·1977-04-00 ·Pages 485-7

Riley PS, Rarick HR, Utter G

Abstract

The use of the replicator technique in evaluating carbon source utilization by 55 cultures of Alcaligenes faecalis was examined. Six of the 20 substrates tested were utilized by the bacterial cultures. In this study, the reproducibility of the technique was 100%.

MeSH Terms

Alcaligenes/metabolism Bacteriological Techniques Carbon/metabolism Evaluation Studies as Topic

Chemicals

Carbon

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Riley P S

Rarick H R

Utter G

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.5.4.485-487.1977

Published

1977-04-00

Pages

485-7

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC274628

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.5.4.485-487.1977 PMC Full Text View journal details

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