Rapid identification of the taxon Rhodochrous in the clinical laboratory.
Degradation of ethylene glycol in Middlebrook 7H-10 agar medium by 26 out of 29 strains of the taxon rhodochrous seems to permit its separation from rapidly growing mycobacteria and certain actinomycetes which only exceptionally showed this property.
D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification; D000362:Agar; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005030:Ethylenes; D006018:Glycols / Q000378:metabolism; D008837:Micrococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification
D005030:Ethylenes; D006018:Glycols; D000362:Agar