Isolation of sucrose late-fermenting and nonfermenting variants of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal: implications for diagnosis of cholera

M Ansaruzzaman; M Rahman; A K Kibriya; N A Bhuiyan; M S Islam; M J Albert

doi:10.1128/jcm.33.5.1339-1340.1995

Isolation of sucrose late-fermenting and nonfermenting variants of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal: implications for diagnosis of cholera

J Clin Microbiol. 1995 May;33(5):1339-40. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.5.1339-1340.1995.

Authors

M Ansaruzzaman¹, M Rahman, A K Kibriya, N A Bhuiyan, M S Islam, M J Albert

Affiliation

¹ International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka.

Abstract

The sucrose-containing selective medium thiosulfate-citrate-bile salt-sucrose agar missed a sucrose nonfermenting and four sucrose late-fermenting variant strains of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal from diarrheal stools. These strains were, however, correctly identified as V. cholerae O139 on a sucrose-deficient selective medium, taurocholate-tellurite-gelatin agar.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Cholera / diagnosis*
Cholera / microbiology
Culture Media
Fermentation
Genetic Variation
Humans
Kinetics
Sucrose / metabolism*
Vibrio cholerae / genetics
Vibrio cholerae / isolation & purification
Vibrio cholerae / metabolism*

Substances

Culture Media
Sucrose