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. 1988 Jul;54(7):1874–1875. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.7.1874-1875.1988

Novel compound for identifying Escherichia coli.

W D Watkins 1, S R Rippey 1, C R Clavet 1, D J Kelley-Reitz 1, W Burkhardt 3rd 1
PMCID: PMC202763  PMID: 3046494

Abstract

A new chromogenic compound, 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indoxyl-beta-D-glucuronide, was found to be useful for the rapid, specific, differential identification of Escherichia coli in the sanitary analysis of shellfish and wastewater. Of 1,025 presumptively positive colonies (blue) and 583 presumptively negative colonies (nonblue), only 1% false-negative and 5% false-positive results were found.

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