Isolation from a healthy carrier and characterization of a Neisseria meningitidis strain that is deficient in γ-glutamyl aminopeptidase activity

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作者：

Takahashi, H

Tanaka, H

Inouye, H

Kuroki, T

Watanabe, Y

Yamai, S

Watanabe, H

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[1] Natl Inst Infect Dis, Dept Bacteriol, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1628640, Japan

[2] Ehime Prefectural Inst Publ Hlth & Environm Sci, Dept Bacteriol, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

[3] Kanagawa Prefectural Publ Hlth Lab, Dept Bacteriol & Pathol, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2002年 / 40卷 / 08期

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10.1128/JCM.40.8.3035-3037.2002

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Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

gamma-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. meningitidis isolate which lacked the activity due to the insertional mutation of the ggt gene, suggesting that naturally occurring N. meningitidis isolates do not always possess GGT activity.

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