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Comparative Study
. 1976 May;31(5):778-80.
doi: 10.1128/aem.31.5.778-780.1976.

One-tube oxidation-fermentation methods: limitations posed by atypical fermentative reactions

R Sivendra
Comparative Study

One-tube oxidation-fermentation methods: limitations posed by atypical fermentative reactions

R Sivendra. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1976 May.

Abstract

Atypical fermentation in the two-tube method of Hugh and Leifson (1953), whereby acid was produced in the sealed tube but not in the open tube, was determined to be the result of a preferential metabolism of peptone over the reactant carbohydrate. These atypical fermentations are only partially detected by one-tube oxidation-fermentation methods, and as such they constitute a source of limitation to the routine use of these abbreviated techniques for oxidative-fermentation determinations.

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