TY - JOUR
AU - Mcgann, Virginia
AB - FURTHER STUDIES ON B5W, AN ANAEROGENIC GROUP IN THE ENTEROBACTERIACEAE C. A. STUART, SAMUEL FORMAL, AND VIRGINIA MCGANN From the Biological Laboratories, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island In 1935 an unknown organism was intensive search of the literature revealed isolated in almost pure culture from that the unknown organism resembled fecal specimens of each member of a some of the cultures isolated from stored feces by Parr and Galbraith (1937) and family of 4 with acute diarrhea. Large numbers of the same organism were called by them the "P bacillus," after isolated from a small portion of ade­ Clemesha (1912). Between 1937 and quately refrigerated three day old milk 1943 a number of strains of the "P bacillus" were isolated from fecal or suspected of causing the gastroenteritis. These organisms were short gram nega­ urine specimens of patients hospitalized with gastroenteritis or urinary infections. tive nonsporeforming nonmotile rods. They produced acid in glucose but failed Since early in this period the culture isolated in the first epidemic and the to ferment lactose, sucrose, salicin, maltose or mannitol, failed to produce antiserum prepared from it were dis­ indole, acetylmethylcarbinol or hydro­ carded, no serological work was done on the new 
TI - Further Studies on B5W, an Anaerogenic Group in the Enterobacteriaceae
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/84.3.235
DA - 1949-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/further-studies-on-b5w-an-anaerogenic-group-in-the-enterobacteriaceae-xba9TeV30R
SP - 235
EP - 239
VL - 84
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -