Histidine decarboxylase in Enterobacteriaceae revisited.

J Clin Microbiol

University of Louvain, Faculty of Medicine, Microbiology Unit, UCL/5490, Av. Hippocrate 54, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.

Published: December 2004

With a modification of Taylor's decarboxylation broth, histidine decarboxylase was detected in Enterobacter aerogenes, Morganella morganii, Raoultella ornithinolytica, and some strains of Citrobacter youngae and Raoultella planticola. This method provides a useful confirmatory test for identification of E. aerogenes strains.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.12.5923-5924.2004DOI Listing

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