Modified CAMP test for biogrouping Vibrio cholerae O1 strains and distinguishing them from strains of V. cholerae non-O1.

doi:10.1128/jcm.32.1.235-237.1994

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Modified CAMP test for biogrouping Vibrio cholerae O1 strains and distinguishing them from strains of V. cholerae non-O1.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 1994

Lesmana M, Subekti D, Tjaniadi P, Pazzaglia G

Abstract excerpt

A modified CAMP test was used to identify 973 Vibrio cholerae isolates by phenotype. Eltor and non-O1 strains were CAMP positive; classical strains were CAMP negative. Sausage-shaped zones of hemolysis of eltor strains were easily distinguished from narrower bands of non-O1 isolates. For O1 isola...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Hemolysin Proteins
O Antigens
Phenotype
Polymyxin B
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Vibrio cholerae

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