Published Inconsistencies in Methyl Red and Voges-Proskauer Reactions of Klebsiella pneumoniae

LUCY M. CAMPBELL; IVAN L. ROTH

doi:10.1099/00207713-25-4-386

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Published Inconsistencies in Methyl Red and Voges-Proskauer Reactions of Klebsiella pneumoniae

LUCY M. CAMPBELL and IVAN L. ROTH
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Address reprint requests to: Dr. Ivan L. Roth, Department of Microbiology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. 30602.
Published: 01 October 1975 https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-25-4-386

Abstract

Inconsistencies in the results of methyl red and Voges-Proskauer tests of Klebsiella pneumoniae have been published. These inconsistencies result from the unresolved taxonomic position of K. aerogenes.