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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1978 February; 35(2): 392-396

Significance of low-temperature growth associated with the fecal coliform response, indole production, and pectin liquefaction in Klebsiella.

ABSTRACT

In the genus Klebsiella, the growth respnse in nutient broth at 10 degrees C correlates inversely with the operational definition of a fecal coliform and not merely with the ability to grow at 44.5 degrees C. Of the fecal coliform-positive Klebsiella, 97% did not grow at 10 degrees C after 72 h of incubation. Conversely, 97% of the fecal coliform-negative isolates grew at 10 degrees C. The amount of growth at 10 degrees C varied among the fecal coliform-negative isolates and was found to correlate with indole production and pectin liquefaction. Low-temperature growth associated with specific biochemical tests can be used to differentiate several groups in the genus Klebsiella. Three main groups were discerned. Group I consists of indole-negative, pectin-nonliquefying, fecal coliform-positive isolates that do not grow at 10 degrees C. Group II isolates are differentiated from group I by a fecal-coliform-negative response and growth at 10 degrees C. Group III are indole-positive, pectin-liquefying, fecal coliform-negative isolates that grow at 10 degrees C. In our culture collection, isolates of group I are most frequently of human/animal clinical origins, whereas isolates of groups II and III are predominantly derived from the environment.

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