Journal: Journal of microbiological methods / Publication Year: 2018 / Source: 2018 v.154 / Subject: Escherichia albertii and feces / Text Availability: Citation in PubAg

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Author:: Maheux, Andrée F.; Brodeur, Stéphanie; Bérubé, Ève; Boudreau, Dominique K.; Abed, Jehane Y.; Boissinot, Maurice; Bissonnette, Luc; Bergeron, Michel G.
Source:: Journal of microbiological methods 2018 v.154 pp. 134-140
ISSN:: 0167-7012
Subject:: Escherichia albertii; bacteria; feces; fermentation; isolation techniques; lactose; pathogenicity; phenotype; polymerase chain reaction; species identification
Abstract:: ... Initially, Escherichia albertii has been described as a non-lactose fermenting bacterium and methods used to isolate it were first based on this phenotypic property. However, a recent study showed a variable lactose fermentation phenotype for E. albertii suggesting that this microorganism could have been underestimated by previous studies using isolation methods based on lactose fermentation. In t ...
DOI:: 10.1016/j.mimet.2018.09.008
: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2018.09.008