van Gelderen de Komaid A, Durán E L
Cátedra de Micología, Instituto de Microbiología Dr. Luis C. Verna, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Repblica Argentina.
Mycopathologia. 1991 Mar;113(3):133-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00436114.
The tolerance of Nocardia brasiliensis, Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia caviae to different concentrations of acids and alkalis was studied in this work. The purpose was to determine their use: (a) in the differentiation of species; (b) for decontamination of clinical materials during the isolation of pathogenic Nocardia. The results showed (1) that both 2 M NH3 and 0.05 M H2SO4 solutions are useful for differentiating species. They can also be used as a complementary method for identification. (2) That both 1 M NH3 and 0.05 M H2SO4 solutions were useful for decontamination of clinical materials during the isolation of pathogenic Nocardia.
