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. 1995 May;33(5):1341–1343. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.5.1341-1343.1995

Evaluation of disk method for hippurate hydrolysis by Campylobacter species.

M A Nicholson 1, C M Patton 1
PMCID: PMC228159  PMID: 7615752

Abstract

A disk method for hippurate hydrolysis was compared with the ninhydrin tube method by using 140 genetically confirmed Campylobacter strains. Results were similar for 129 (92%) strains when the inoculum size for the disk method was standardized. Six strains (4.2%) showed variable results by each method. Our results conflict with those obtained in studies by others, who found the two methods to be dissimilar.

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