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. 1972 Jun;110(3):803–808. doi: 10.1128/jb.110.3.803-808.1972

Micro-Complement Fixation in Klebsiella Classification

David L Steffen a,1, Gary T Cocks a,2, Allan C Wilson a
PMCID: PMC247496  PMID: 4624110

Abstract

The alkaline phosphatases of 29 strains of bacteria assigned by various authors to the genera Aerobacter, Klebsiella and Enterobacter were compared by the micro-complement fixation technique. On the basis of phosphatase resemblance, we recommend that all strains hitherto assigned to Aerobacter aerogenes and Enterobacter aerogenes be assigned to the genus Klebsiella.

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