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. 1971 Mar;21(3):545. doi: 10.1128/am.21.3.545-545.1971

Rapid Test for Urease and Phenylalanine Deaminase Production

Grace Mary Ederer 1, Jackie H Chu 1, Donna J Blazevic 1
PMCID: PMC377221  PMID: 5553289

Abstract

A rapid urea-phenylalanine medium was effective for the identification of Proteus and, with one exception, Providencia. Most Klebsiella and a few Enterobacter were urease-positive with this method.

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