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. 1970 Jun;19(6):1025. doi: 10.1128/am.19.6.1025-1025.1970

Dubos Oleic Acid Agar Medium in the Differentiation of Meningococci and Gonococci

B B Diena 1, R Wallace 1, C P Kenny 1, L Greenberg 1
PMCID: PMC376850  PMID: 4989536

Abstract

Growth on Dubos oleic acid agar plates, incubated for 48 hr at 37 C in candle jars, provides a method for differentiating meningococci from gonococci. All of our 54 strains of meningococci, but none of the 49 strains of gonococci, grew on this medium.

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