RAPID DIFFERENTIATION OF BACTERIA USING POLYETHER ANTIBIOTICS

摘要

RAPID DIFFERENTIATION OF BACTERIA USING POLYETHER ANTIBIOTICS Rapid differentiation between viable grampositive and gram-negative bacteria is accomplished with polyether antibiotics which are used in combination with a compound which is normally reducible by the bacteria. The antibiotics selectively and substantially inhibit the reduction of the reducible compound by gram-positive bacteria but do not substantially affect the reducing capacity of the gramnegative bacteria.