Accession Number:

AD0838260

Title:

THE BACTERIAL DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ANTHRAX BY MEANS OF A NEW SPECIFIC TEST (THE STRING OF PEARLS TEST 'PERLSCHNURTEST')

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FORT DETRICK FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Jensen, J.
• Kleemeyer, H.

Report Date:

1968-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

The testing of 50 anthrax strains consequently revealed that two strains grow atypically in bouillon, that five are pathogenic neither for mice nor for guinea pigs, and that eleven behave negatively in thermo precipitation. Of the 50 strains, each tested for eleven properties, eleven bouillon 2 pathogenicity 1 Ascoli 8 acted atypically relative to one test method, and three strains pathogenicity, Ascoli relative to two methods.

Descriptors:

• *BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
• TEST METHODS
• IDENTIFICATION
• DIAGNOSIS(MEDICINE)
• TRANSLATIONS
• MORPHOLOGY(BIOLOGY)
• WEST GERMANY
• PENICILLINS
• GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY)
• CULTURE MEDIA

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE