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. 1993 May;31(5):1397–1399. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.5.1397-1399.1993

Bacterial clump formation at the surface of liquid culture as a rapid test for identification of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli.

M J Albert 1, F Qadri 1, A Haque 1, N A Bhuiyan 1
PMCID: PMC262951  PMID: 8501253

Abstract

Forty-one strains of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli formed clumps visible as a scum at the surface of a Mueller-Hinton broth shaker culture. Sixty-one control strains of E. coli did not. Scum formation is a simple, rapid, and inexpensive test for the identification of enteroaggregative E. coli.

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