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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Shigella spp. with reference to its virulence genes and antibiogram analysis from river Narmada.
Microbiological research - 1 Jan 2010
Sharma Anjana, Singh Susheel Kumar, Bajpai Divya
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Water samples of the river Narmada from origin to end were analyzed for the presence of shigellae. Analysis of 40 water samples by biotyping, serotyping, and molecular typing were done. Out of all 40 isolates, 23 were identified as Shigella flexneri, 10 as Shigella sonnei, and seven as Shigella dysenteriae. Serotyping was found to be a better identification method than biotyping since biotyping was not found to...
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