Rapid characterisation and identification of mycobacteria using fluorogenic enzyme tests.
Authors:Hamid ME, Chun J, Magee JG, Minnikin DE, Goodfellow M
Journal:Zentralbl Bakteriol
PubMed ID:8061408
'Sixty representatives of selected Mycobacterium and Nocardia species were examined for their ability to cleave 79 fluorogenic synthetic enzyme substrates based on the fluorophores 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin and 4-methylumbelliferone. The resultant data were analysed using the simple matching coefficient and clustering achieved using the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic averages algorithm. ... More