Culture medium for selective isolation and enumeration of Gram-negative bacteria from ground meats
| Autor: | J. A. Seiter, S. N. Marks, F. J. Cyzeska, J. M. Jay |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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Gram-negative bacteria food.ingredient Plate count agar Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Bile Acids and Salts Agar plate chemistry.chemical_compound food Amphotericin B Enumeration Food microbiology Agar Crystal violet Cycloheximide Chromatography Bacteria Ecology biology biology.organism_classification Culture Media chemistry Peptones Food Microbiology Research Article Food Science Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 42:303-307 |
| ISSN: | 1098-5336 0099-2240 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/aem.42.2.303-307.1981 |
| Popis: | We developed a new medium, designated peptone bile amphotericin cycloheximide (PBAC) agar, which contains (per liter) 10 g of peptone, 300 mg of bile salts, 1 mg of amphotericin B, 1 g of cycloheximide, and 15 g of agar. When 21 samples of fresh ground beef were studied and plate count agar counts were used as references, we obtained a mean recovery of 28% of total counts with violet red bile agar overlay, whereas we obtained 48% recovery with PBAC agar. With 12 samples of frozen ground beef, recovery on violet red bile agar overlay was 29% of the recovery on plate count agar, whereas the corresponding value on PBAC agar was 45%. PBAC agar allowed the enumeration of 1.4 times as many gram-negative bacteria as violet red bile agar overlay. None of eight strains of gram-positive bacteria and none of eight strains of yeasts grew on PBAC agar. Of 158 colonies randomly selected from pour plates of eight fresh ground meat samples, 95% stained gram negative. In comparison, only 70% of 151 colonies selected from corresponding plate count agar plates were gram negative. The lack of background color, turbidity, and ease of use make PBAC agar easier to handle than other media used for gram-negative bacteria, such as violet red bile agar, violet red bile agar overlay, and crystal violet tetrazolium agar. In the preparation PBAC agar, all ingredients are autoclaved together except amphotericin B, which is filter sterilized and added before the plates are poured. |
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