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Presumptive identification of nocardias in a clinical laboratory
C H Collins1, M D Yates, A H Uttley
1Public Health Laboratory, Dulwich Hospital, London, UK.
The Journal of Applied Bacteriology
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
One hundred and thirty-six cultures of aerobic streptomycetes were examined by simple cultural and microscopical methods. Nocardia spp. were recognized by their resistance to lysozyme and identified to the three important species by casein, xanthine and tyrosine hydrolysis tests.