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Simplified panel of assimilation tests for identification of Acinetobacter species.
Indian journal of pathology & microbiology - 1 Oct 2003
Kenchappa Prashanth, Sreenivasmurthy Badrinath
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A total of 66 Acinetobacter isolates obtained from JIPMER hospital wards were subjected to phenotypic identification schemes involving 25-test and a simplified 13-test panel of carbon utilization or assimilation tests. Reference strains belonging to different DNA groups (n=24) were also tested. Identification was done using numerical approach based on a matrix constructed of phenotypic data published elsewhere...
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