Publications

epidemiology of klebsiella oxytoca-associated diarrhea detected by simmons citrate agar supplemented with inositol, tryptophan, and bile salts.	we studied the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of klebsiella oxytoca-associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients in hong kong. between 1 november 2009 and 30 april 2011, all inositol-fermenting colonies found on simmons citrate agar supplemented with inositol, tryptophan, and bile salts (scitb agar) used for the culturing of diarrheal stool samples were screened by a spot indole test for k. oxytoca. the overall sensitivity of scitb agar plus the spot indole test (93.3%) for the det ...	2012	22357507
biochemical pathway and degradation of phthalate ester isomers by bacteria.	degradation of dimethyl isophthalate (dmi) and dimethyl phthalate ester (dmpe) was investigated using microorganisms isolated from mangrove sediment of hong kong mai po nature reserve. one enrichment culture was capable of utilizing dmi as the sole source of carbon and energy, but none of the bacteria in the enrichment culture was capable of degrading dmi alone. in co-culture of two bacteria, degradation was observed proceeding through monomethyl isophthalate (mmi) ester and isophthalic acid (ip ...	2005	16312973