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Phenotypic and genotypic properties of the genus Hafnia.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 2002
Janda J Michael, Abbott Sharon L, Khashe Shideh, Probert Will
Abstract excerpt
The present study characterised 73 Hafnia alvei isolates and five Escherichia isolates (originally identified as H. alvei) isolated from cases of diarrhoeal disease by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Branch (ICDDRB) in Bangladesh. Based upon the hydrolysis of arbutin and aesculin and the fermentation of salicin and D-arabinose, four distinct biotypes could be recognised among the 73 H....
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