title: Characterization of anaerobic bacteria by using a commercially available rapid tube test for glutamic acid decarboxylase.
abstract: A rapid glutamic acid decarboxylase microdilution test for presumptive identification of certain anaerobic bacteria was marketed recently by Carr-Scarborough Microbiologicals, Inc., Stone Mountain, Ga. The test was evaluated with 474 clinical isolates, representing 11 genera and 54 species, and was found to be a useful aid in the presumptive identification of Bacteroides fragilis, B. distasonis, B. vulgatus, B. thetaiotaomicron, B. ovatus, B. uniformis, B. eggerthii, Clostridium perfringens, C. barati, C. sordellii, and Eubacterium limosum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis 46223.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Siders
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: O'Bryan
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003013:Clostridium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005673:Fusobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase