Confirmation of human Campylobacter concisus isolates misidentified as Campylobacter mucosalis and suggestions for improved differentiation between the two species.

doi:10.1128/jcm.32.9.2305-2306.1994

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Confirmation of human Campylobacter concisus isolates misidentified as Campylobacter mucosalis and suggestions for improved differentiation between the two species.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 1994

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A strain from human diarrhea originally identified as Campylobacter mucosalis (NCTC 12408) was examined by using 64 phenotypic characters. The similarity of this strain to 297 isolates of Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Arcobacter, and related taxa was then determined with a computer-supported data...

Topics

Campylobacter
Campylobacter Infections
Culture Media
Diarrhea
Humans
Phenotype
Species Specificity
Staining and Labeling

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