Acid-Fastness of Nocardia asteroides GUH-2 Cultured in Brain Heart Infusion Broth Supplemented with Paraffin

• KOHBATA Shunro

  Department of Microbiology, Gifu University School of Medicine

Abstract

Nocardia asteroides GUH-2 was not acid-fast when grown in brain heart infusion (BHI) broth. When grown in BHI broth supplemented with paraffin, many filamentous cells showed acid-fastness after treatment with 1% acid-alcohol as the decolorizing agent. When treated with 3% acid-alcohol, filamentous cells were not acid-fast. In addition to the acid-fast filamentous cells of nocardiae, unknown acidfast spherical bodies were observed in the paraffin-supplemented BHI broth cultures.

Journal

• MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY

  MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY 40 (10), 711-716, 1996-10-20

  Center For Academic Publications Japan

Keywords

• Acid-fastness
• Nocardiae
• Paraffin

Details

• CRID: 1573950399022168960
• NII Article ID: 10004894294
• NII Book ID: AA00738350
• ISSN: 03855600
• Web Site: http://chemport.cas.org/cgi-bin/sdcgi?APP=ftslink&action=reflink&origin=jstage2&version=1.0&coi=1:CAS:528:DyaK2sXpslI%3D&md5=34056840fdfc2a7251cdf07e9eca96f4
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/1997042335
• Text Lang: en
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