Identification of vancomycin-resistant lactic bacteria isolated from humans.
By using cell morphology, arginine dihydrolase, and gas production in de Man, Sharp, Rogosa broth, 122 isolates of vancomycin-resistant lactic bacteria from humans were assigned to five profiles, allowing us to distinguish Pediococcus, homofermentative and heterofermentative Lactobacillus, and Leuconostoc species. The absence of L-(+)-lactic acid, as detected spectrophotometrically, was confirmatory for Leuconostoc species. API 50 CHL panels were useful for the identification of Lactobacillus species.
Mackey
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Microbiology Unit, UCL 5490, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Lejeune
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Janssens
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Wauters
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D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014640:Vancomycin