Bacterial clump formation at the surface of liquid culture as a rapid test for identification of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli.
Forty-one strains of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli formed clumps visible as a scum at the surface of a Mueller-Hinton broth shaker culture. Sixty-one control strains of E. coli did not. Scum formation is a simple, rapid, and inexpensive test for the identification of enteroaggregative E. coli.
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka.
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Albert
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Bhuiyan
D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012703:Serotyping