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J Bacteriol. 1972 June; 110(3): 803-808
Copyright © 1972 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Micro-Complement Fixation in Klebsiella Classification

^a Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

ABSTRACT

The alkaline phosphatases of 29 strains of bacteria assigned by various authors to the genera Aerobacter, Klebsiella and Enterobacter were compared by the micro-complement fixation technique. On the basis of phosphatase resemblance, we recommend that all strains hitherto assigned to Aerobacter aerogenes and Enterobacter aerogenes be assigned to the genus Klebsiella.

¹ Present address: Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. 02154.

² Present address: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. 02115.