Unusual Enterobacteriaceae: H2S+ Shigella sonnei, one authentic and one false positive due to contamination with the obligate anaerobe Eubacterium lentum.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 3 ·No. 2 ·1976-02-00 ·Pages 206-8

Farmer JJ, Riddle CF, Stargel MD, Iida H, Aikawa T, Achanzar D, Taylor WI

Abstract

A mixture of Shigella sonnei and Eubacterium lentum produced H2S in triple sugar iron agar; however, neither produced any in pure culture. A second culture of S. sonnei, isolated in Japan, is thought to be the first documented H2S+ Shigella.

MeSH Terms

Agar Anaerobiosis Child, Preschool Dysentery, Bacillary/microbiology Female Humans Shigella sonnei/growth & development,isolation & purification,metabolism

Chemicals

Agar

Authors & Affiliations

7 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Farmer J J

Riddle C F

Stargel M D

Iida H

Aikawa T

Achanzar D

Taylor W I

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6 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.3.2.206-208.1976

Published

1976-02-00

Pages

206-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC274261

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.3.2.206-208.1976 PMC Full Text View journal details

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