title: Vancomycin as a selective agent for isolation of Bacteroides species.
abstract: Thirty saccharolytic and asaccharolytic black-pigmented Bacteroides strains were tested for their susceptibility to vancomycin. All asaccharolytic strains appeared to be partly or completely inhibited at a concentration of 7.5 micrograms/ml, whereas most saccharolytic strains were resistant to this concentration. The use of vancomycin in Bacteroides selective media is discussed.
mesh_terms: D001439:Bacteroides / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D014640:Vancomycin