Comparison of Amino Acid Decarboxylase and Dihydrolase Results by Moeller, Rapid, and Replicator Plate Methods

1 January 1976

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Vol. 3 (1) , 75-76
https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.3.1.75-76.1976

Abstract

A slightly modified Moeller medium for amino acid decarboxylase and dihydrolase testing by the replicator method correlated 96 to 99% with the reference Moeller broth method. False positive results were not encountered in this study.

Keywords

AMINO ACID
ACID DECARBOXYLASE
DIHYDROLASE
METHOD CORRELATED
MODIFIED MOELLER
SLIGHTLY MODIFIED
MOELLER BROTH
REFERENCE MOELLER

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