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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, p. 4852-4854, Vol. 41, No. 10
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4852-4854.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Biochemical Properties of a Newly Described Escherichia Species, Escherichia albertii

Sharon L. Abbott,1 Jennifer O'Connor,2 Tom Robin,3,{dagger} Barbara L. Zimmer,2 and J. Michael Janda1*

Microbial Diseases Laboratory, Department of Health Services, Richmond, California 94804,1 Dade Behring MicroScan, West Sacramento, California 95691,2 Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York 100293

Received 30 May 2003/ Returned for modification 3 July 2003/ Accepted 22 July 2003

Five strains of a newly described Escherichia species, Escherichia albertii, were extensively characterized by conventional biochemical methods and by commercial identification panels. E. albertii is an indole-negative species that ferments D-mannitol but not D-xylose. Because these strains are not included in the databases of commercial systems at present, they were most often identified as Hafnia, Salmonella, Escherichia coli, or, on one system (MicroScan dried overnight panels), Yersinia ruckeri.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: California Department of Health Services, Microbial Diseases Laboratory Branch, 850 Marina Bay Parkway, Room E164, Richmond, CA 94804. Phone: (510) 412-3700. Fax: (510) 412-3706. E-mail address: jjanda{at}dhs.ca.gov.

{dagger} Present address: Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and Sunrise Children's Hospital, Las Vegas, NV 89109.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, p. 4852-4854, Vol. 41, No. 10
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4852-4854.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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