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. 2001 Jul;39(7):2558–2564. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2558-2564.2001

TABLE 2.

Sorbitol fermentation reactions show poor correlation with PCR fingerprint analyses and α-Glu activity

Sorbitol fermentation resulta No. of isolates in PCR fingerprint group:
No. of isolates with α-Glu activity:
I II III Positive Negative
Negative 13 0 0 13 0
Positive 8 4 7 10 9
Uncertain 3 0 0 3 0
a

Based on consensus of API-20E, PRAS, and Andrades sorbitol fermentation reactions.