title: Isolation of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis from river waters in Japan and Germany using direct KOH and HeLa cell treatments.
abstract: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was recovered from precipitates directly treated with KOH and/or HeLa cell in 25.7% of 680 river water samples collected in Japan. Recovery was nil in similar samples from Germany. Treatment of precipitates by KOH and infection of HeLa cells, respectively, is an expedient and selective means for isolation of Y. pseudotuberculosis from such samples.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Institute of Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gomyoda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsubokura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aleksić
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005858:Germany; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D006878:Hydroxides; D007564:Japan; D010957:Plasmids; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D012621:Seasons; D014871:Water Microbiology; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D006878:Hydroxides; D017680:Potassium Compounds; C029943:potassium hydroxide