Evaluation of media for determining hemolytic activity and that of API Listeria system for identifying strains of Listeria monocytogenes.

doi:10.1128/jcm.32.4.1127-1129.1994

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Evaluation of media for determining hemolytic activity and that of API Listeria system for identifying strains of Listeria monocytogenes.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 1994

Fujisawa T, Mori M

Abstract excerpt

Several media were used to evaluate the hemolytic activity of Listeria monocytogenes, and this property was used along with the API Listeria system to identify Listeria spp. All L. monocytogenes strains were identified correctly with this system, and blood agar base no. 2 and Columbia blood agar...

Topics

Agar
Animals
Bacteriological Techniques
Blood
Culture Media
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Hemolysis
Horses
Humans
Listeria monocytogenes
Phenotype
Sheep

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