Fukushima H, Gomyoda M, Tsubokura M, Aleksić S
Public Health Institute of Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
Zentralbl Bakteriol. 1995 Jan;282(1):40-9. doi: 10.1016/s0934-8840(11)80795-4.
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was recovered from precipitates directly treated with KOH and/or HeLa cell in 25.7% of 680 river water samples collected in Japan. Recovery was nil in similar samples from Germany. Treatment of precipitates by KOH and infection of HeLa cells, respectively, is an expedient and selective means for isolation of Y. pseudotuberculosis from such samples.
