Acidification of methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside: a useful test to differentiate Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus gallinarum from Enterococcus faecium species group and from Enterococcus faecalis.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on October 01, 1996

Authors

L A Devriese1, B Pot, K Kersters, S Lauwers, F Haesebrouck

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1: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Gent, Belgium.

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