| Evaluation of media for monitoring fecal streptococci in seawater. | |
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PMID: 2782876 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The selectivity of KF streptococcus agar (KF) for monitoring fecal streptococci (FS) in seawater was examined in 234 samples of Mediterranean water and compared with the selectivity of M-Enterococcus agar (M-Ent) for 124 samples and with bile-esculin-azide agar (BEA) for 17 samples. KF was found to be unsuitable for marine water because Vibrio alginolyticus and other gram-negative bacilli indigenous to this environment grew well on it and produced red colonies identical to those of FS. In 26% of samples, some with high counts of red colonies on the membrane filters (MF), there were no streptococci, only gram-negative bacilli and staphylococci, and in an additional 23.1% the streptococci constituted less than 50% of the "typical" red colonies on the MF. V. alginolyticus also produced FS-like colonies on MF incubated on BEA but was not isolated from MF incubated on M-Ent. Although staphylococci grew and produced FS-like colonies on all three media, M-Ent was the most selective since no gram-negative bacilli were isolated from MF incubated on it. |
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Authors:
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Y Yoshpe-Purer |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Applied and environmental microbiology Volume: 55 ISSN: 0099-2240 ISO Abbreviation: Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Publication Date: 1989 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1989-10-26 Completed Date: 1989-10-26 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7605801 Medline TA: Appl Environ Microbiol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2041-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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A. Felix Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Tel-Aviv, Israel. |
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Colony Count, Microbial Culture Media Feces / microbiology* Seawater Streptococcus / growth & development* Water Microbiology* |
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0/Culture Media |
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