Acetamide agar for differentiation of nonfermentative bacteria.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 28 ·No. 4 ·1974-10-00 ·Pages 720-1

Oberhofer TR, Rowen JW

Abstract

An acetamide agar medium is described for use in the differentiation of nonfermentative gram-negative bacteria. With few exceptions, indicator reactions were rapid, intense, and clear-cut.

MeSH Terms

Acetamides/metabolism Acinetobacter/metabolism Agar Alcaligenes/metabolism Bacteria/isolation & purification,metabolism Evaluation Studies as Topic Fermentation Pseudomonas/metabolism

Chemicals

Acetamides Agar

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Oberhofer T R

Rowen J W

References (7)

7 references, click to expand

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Nonfermentative gram-negative bacteria encountered in clinical specimens.
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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.28.4.720-721.1974

Published

1974-10-00

Pages

720-1

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC186805

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.28.4.720-721.1974 PMC Full Text

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