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Isolation from a Healthy Carrier and Characterization of a Neisseria meningitidisStrain That Is Deficient in ?-Glutamyl Aminopeptidase Activity

Authors :
Takahashi, Hideyuki
Tanaka, Hiroshi
Inouye, Hiroo
Kuroki, Toshiro
Watanabe, Yuko
Yamai, Shiro
Watanabe, Haruo
Source :
Journal of Clinical Microbiology; August 2002, Vol. 40 Issue: 8 p3035-3037, 3p
Publication Year :
2002

Abstract

ABSTRACT?-Glutamyl aminopeptidase (GGT) activity is used as a specific marker for the identification of Neisseria meningitidis. We isolated from a healthy carrier and characterized an N. meningitidisisolate which lacked the activity due to the insertional mutation of the ggtgene, suggesting that naturally occurring N. meningitidisisolates do not always possess GGT activity.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00951137 and 1098660X
Volume :
40
Issue :
8
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs57780146
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.8.3035-3037.2002