Fermentação da sacarose e toxigenicidade de cepas de Corynebacteriumdiphtheriae isoladas em São Paulo

Mathilde Raskin; Gil Vital Álvares Pessôa; Chifume Takeuchi Calzada; Ilka Maria Landgraf Lee; Carmo Elias Andrade Melles; Elena Emiko Sakata

doi:10.53393/rial.1978.38.37115

Vol. 38 No. 1 (1978), ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Vol. 38 No. 1 (1978)

Fermentation of sucrose and toxigenicity of strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated in São Paulo

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

https://doi.org/10.53393/rial.1978.38.37115

Published 1978-06-30

Mathilde Raskin⁺⁻
Gil Vital Álvares Pessôa⁺⁻
Chifume Takeuchi Calzada⁺⁻
Ilka Maria Landgraf Lee⁺⁻
Carmo Elias Andrade Melles⁺⁻
Elena Emiko Sakata⁺⁻

Mathilde Raskin

Instituto Adolfo Lutz

Gil Vital Álvares Pessôa

Instituto Adolfo Lutz

Chifume Takeuchi Calzada

Instituto Adolfo Lutz

Ilka Maria Landgraf Lee

Instituto Adolfo Lutz

Carmo Elias Andrade Melles

Instituto Adolfo Lutz

Elena Emiko Sakata

Instituto Adolfo Lutz

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Keywords

Corynebacterium diphtheriae, toxigenicity
sucrose, fermentation

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Raskin M, Pessôa GV Álvares, Calzada CT, Lee IML, Melles CEA, Sakata EE. Fermentation of sucrose and toxigenicity of strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated in São Paulo. Rev Inst Adolfo Lutz [Internet]. 1978 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 May 20];38(1):29-32. Available from: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/RIAL/article/view/37115

Abstract

Sucrose was fermented by 134 (59.8%) of the 224 strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Using Elek's method, toxigenic and sucrose fermenting strains compased 58.9% of the total. Because of these results, a revision of the taxonomic criteria is suggested.

https://doi.org/10.53393/rial.1978.38.37115

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