title: Identification of Brucella abortus, B. canis, B. melitensis, and B. suis by carbon substrate assimilation tests.
abstract: By using the results of seven carbon substrate assimilation tests from the Biotype 100 system (bioMérieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, France), we correctly identified 79 (85.9%) of 92 Brucella strains tested. The specificity of the method varied from 97.4 to 100% depending on the species. Although a biological safety cabinet must be used, this method represents an easy and fast alternative for the identification of Brucella species.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, IPN, D.F., México, Mexico.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López-Merino
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Monnet
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Boeufgras
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sandoval
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freney
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D002002:Brucella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon