title: Evaluation of a qualitative isocitrate lyase assay for rapid presumptive identification of Yersinia pestis cultures.
abstract: Qualitative rapid tests for isocitrate lyase activity were positive for all of 1,695 Yersinia pestis cultures tested but for none of 382 cultures of other gram-negative species. The test is simple, required only commonly available, easily prepared reagents, and provided clear-cut positive or negative results within 20 min.
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D007522:Isocitrate Lyase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases; D007522:Isocitrate Lyase