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A rapid PCR based method to distinguish between Lactococcus and Enterococcus.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Dec 2000
Deasy B M, Rea M C, Fitzgerald G F, Cogan T M, Beresford T P
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic characterisation of Lactococcus and Enterococcus species remains unreliable as strains of both genera have been isolated which do not conform to the traditional criteria for separation of these genera. A bank of 131 isolates was phenotypically characterised by three methods: (a) traditional broth tests, (b) API Rapid ID 32 Strep and (c) BBL Crystal ID kits. Differences in genus designation between...
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