THE RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI I BY THE PRODUCTION AT 44° OF BOTH INDOLE AND GAS FROM LACTOSE
Open Access
- 1 June 1958
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Bacteriology
- Vol. 21 (1) , 104-108
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1958.tb00123.x
Abstract
SUMMARY: The modification of the 44° test proposed by Mackenzie, Taylor & Gilbert (1948) is useful for the rapid identification of Escherichia coli I in water and foods. False positive tests caused by other coli‐aerogenes bacteria, or by their association with other organisms, can be considered rare. Only a few E. coli I fail to produce indole or ferment lactose at 44°, and further confirmation for routine purposes is necessary only when the results at 44° are discordant, e.g. indole positive‐lactose negative or indole negative‐lactose positive.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Recent Experiences in the Rapid Identification of Bacterium coli Type IJournal of General Microbiology, 1948