Histidine decarboxylase in Enterobacteriaceae revisited.
With a modification of Taylor's decarboxylation broth, histidine decarboxylase was detected in Enterobacter aerogenes, Morganella morganii, Raoultella ornithinolytica, and some strains of Citrobacter youngae and Raoultella planticola. This method provides a useful confirmatory test for identification of E. aerogenes strains.
Wauters
Georges
G
University of Louvain, Faculty of Medicine, Microbiology Unit, UCL/5490, Av. Hippocrate 54, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. wauters@mblg.ucl.ac.be
Avesani
Véronique
V
Charlier
Jacqueline
J
Janssens
Michèle
M
Delmée
Michel
M
D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D003470:Culture Media; D021902:Enterobacter aerogenes / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology*; D006632:Histamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism*
D003470:Culture Media; D006632:Histamine; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase