Differential media for the identification of Bacillus anthracis.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 90 ·No. 6 ·1965-12-00 ·Pages 1778-83

Knisely RF

Abstract

Knisely, Ralph F. (U.S. Army Biological Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Md.). Differential media for the identification of Bacillus anthracis. J. Bacteriol. 90:1778-1783. 1965.-Two new differential media for the identification of Bacillus anthracis are described. Phenethyl alcohol and chloral hydrate were used as selective ingredients. These media should aid in the differentiation of B. anthracis from B. cereus and, if used in conjunction with other differential tests, they should also differentiate B. anthracis from the majority of other aerobic sporeforming bacilli. These media might also be useful in the classification of Bacillus species.

MeSH Terms

Alcohols Bacillus/classification Bacillus anthracis/classification,isolation & purification Bacillus cereus/classification Chloral Hydrate Culture Media In Vitro Techniques

Chemicals

Alcohols Culture Media Chloral Hydrate

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Knisely R F

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of bacteriology

Abbr.

J Bacteriol

ISSN

0021-9193

DOI

10.1128/jb.90.6.1778-1783.1965

Published

1965-12-00

Pages

1778-83

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

2985120R

PMCID

PMC315891

Subset

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