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  • Title: Lecithinase activity of Proteus vulgaris.
    Author: Postupa R, Postupová M.
    Journal: J Hyg Epidemiol Microbiol Immunol; 1988; 32(2):227-31. PubMed ID: 3045200.
    Abstract:
    Lecithinase production is described as a new biochemical property of P. vulgaris strains grown in a selective agar medium containing brilliant green, crystal violet and lecithin (BCL agar), the authors' own modification of egg-yolk culture medium. By using this BCL agar as a medium inhibiting the swarming growth of P. vulgaris cultures the authors succeeded in identifying 12 lecithinase-positive strains among the P. vulgaris isolates obtained from patients with Crohn's disease. Of 50 P. mirabilis strains tested in parallel none gave the positive test for lecithinase production in this medium.
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