Esculin hydrolysis negative and TcdA-only producing strains of Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile from the environment in Western Australia.
Nirajmohan ShivaperumalDaniel R KnightKorakrit ImwattanaGrace O AndrogaBarbara J ChangThomas V RileyPublished in: Journal of applied microbiology (2022)
White colonies of C. difficile from environmental samples could be overlooked when using ChromID C. difficile agar, leading to false-negative results, however, whether these strains are truly pathogenic remains to be proven.
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