title: Laboratory identification of clinically important aerobic actinomycetes.
abstract: A battery of morphological, physiological, and biochemical tests, including paper chromatographic analysis of whole cell hydrolysates, was used to study 177 cultures of aerobic actinomycetes. One hundred thirty-five of the 177 were submitted as diagnostic laboratory specimens; of these, 129 were identified as belonging to 1 of 10 genus or species groups. The tests and procedures used were found to be relatively easy to perform and interpret. On the basis of the results, a flow chart was devised to permit the step by step identification of unknown clinical isolates of these organisms.
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D000332:Aerobiosis; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002364:Caseins / Q000378:metabolism; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000378:metabolism; D006626:Hippurates / Q000378:metabolism; D007042:Hypoxanthines / Q000378:metabolism; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D009113:Muramidase / Q000494:pharmacology; D010867:Pimelic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D013696:Temperature; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D014508:Urea / Q000378:metabolism; D014970:Xanthines / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D002364:Caseins; D005419:Flavonoids; D006626:Hippurates; D007042:Hypoxanthines; D009005:Monosaccharides; D010867:Pimelic Acids; D014970:Xanthines; D014443:Tyrosine; D014508:Urea; D009113:Muramidase