title: Biochemical and susceptibility tests useful for identification of nonfermenting gram-negative rods.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laffineur
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charlier
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Avesani
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delmée
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D003676:Deferoxamine; D003091:Colistin