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. 1995 May;33(5):1339–1340. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.5.1339-1340.1995

Isolation of sucrose late-fermenting and nonfermenting variants of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal: implications for diagnosis of cholera.

M Ansaruzzaman 1, M Rahman 1, A K Kibriya 1, N A Bhuiyan 1, M S Islam 1, M J Albert 1
PMCID: PMC228158  PMID: 7615751

Abstract

The sucrose-containing selective medium thiosulfate-citrate-bile salt-sucrose agar missed a sucrose nonfermenting and four sucrose late-fermenting variant strains of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal from diarrheal stools. These strains were, however, correctly identified as V. cholerae O139 on a sucrose-deficient selective medium, taurocholate-tellurite-gelatin agar.

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