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. 1980 May;11(5):537–539. doi: 10.1128/jcm.11.5.537-539.1980

Rapid presumptive identification of vibrios by immobilization in distilled water.

B Chester, E G Poulos
PMCID: PMC273451  PMID: 6991527

Abstract

Each of 28 Vibrio strains and 3 Campylobacter strains was immobilized in distilled water (pH 6.9), but retained full motility in Trypticase soy broth. This phenomenon was not seen with any of 243 non-Vibrio, non-Campylobacter isolates representing 44 taxa of gram-negative bacteria.

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