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Enzymatic profile of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.

Medical microbiology and immunology ·Vol. 174 ·No. 1 ·1985-00-00 ·Pages 29-33

Poh CL, Loh GK

Abstract

The enzymatic profiles of 109 clinical isolates of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus subsp. anitratus and lwoffi were determined with conventional plate tests and the rapid API ZYM system (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.). The majority of strains tested lacked DNase, hemolysin, protease, elastase and gelatinase. Strong enzymatic activities of butyrate esterase (C4), caprylate esterase (C8) and leucine arylamidase were detected in all isolates. No trypsin, chymotrypsin, alkaline phosphatase or glucosidase activities were present. This profile was characteristic of all isolates examined by the API ZYM system and could serve as a useful diagnostic feature of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus subsp. anitratus and subsp. lwoffi.

MeSH Terms
Acinetobacter/enzymology,isolation & purification
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Poh C L
Loh G K
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Article Info
Journal
Medical microbiology and immunology
Abbr.
Med Microbiol Immunol
ISSN
0300-8584
DOI
10.1007/BF02123668
Published
1985-00-00
Pages
29-33
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0314524
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF02123668 View journal details
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