Biochemical and susceptibility tests useful for identification of nonfermenting gram-negative rods.
Six hundred nineteen strains of nonfermenting gram-negative rods were tested for alkaline phosphatase, benzyl-arginine arylamidase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, ethylene glycol acidification, and susceptibility to desferrioxamine and colistin. The results were highly discriminant. Therefore, the proposed tests may be helpful for the identification of this group of organisms.
Laffineur
Kim
K
Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.
Janssens
Michèle
M
Charlier
Jacqueline
J
Avesani
Véronique
V
Wauters
Georges
G
Delmée
Michel
M
D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D003091:Colistin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005285:Fermentation; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D003676:Deferoxamine; D003091:Colistin