Evaluation of the stability of biochemical phenotypes of Escherichia coli upon subculturing and storage.

doi:10.1099/00221287-136-9-1681

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Evaluation of the stability of biochemical phenotypes of Escherichia coli upon subculturing and storage.

Journal of general microbiology - 1 Sept 1990

Katouli M, Kühn I, Möllby R

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Stability of the biotypic characters of 72 enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and 21 faecal E. coli strains was evaluated after storage and after subculturing using a computerized biochemical fingerprinting method. Sixteen (22%) EPEC strains and nine (43%) faecal strains exhibited changes i...

Topics

Biomarkers
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Escherichia coli
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Feces
Fermentation
Humans
Phenotype
Preservation, Biological

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