Title: The suitability of four media for enumerating Aeromonas spp. from environmental samples
Abstract: Starch ampicillin agar (SA), dextrin fuchsin sulphite agar (DFS) and blood agar with 10 mg (BA‐10) and 30 mg (BA‐30) ampicillin/l, respectively, were evaluated for enumeration of Aeromonas spp. from environmental samples. Recovery from pure cultures was excellent on all media except for ampicillin‐sensitive strains on the ampicillin‐containing media. With natural samples, the ability to differentiate Aeromonas from the background microflora was best on SA agar where 85% presumptive Aeromonas colonies were confirmed, compared with 18% on DFS, 36% on BA‐10 and 40% on BA‐30. Prolonged incubation caused a decrease in the differentiating ability.
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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