DIFFERENTIAL MEDIA FOR QUANTITATIVE RECOVERY OF WATERBORNE AEROMONAS-HYDROPHILA

Authors
HANDFIELD M SIMARD P LETARTE R
Citation
M. Handfield et al., DIFFERENTIAL MEDIA FOR QUANTITATIVE RECOVERY OF WATERBORNE AEROMONAS-HYDROPHILA, Applied and environmental microbiology, 62(9), 1996, pp. 3544-3547
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
62
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3544 - 3547
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1996)62:9<3544:DMFQRO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Because of the ubiquity of Aeromonas spp., their prevalence in drinkin g water, and the increasing number of reports on Aeromonas sp.-related infections, a standard method for routine and quantitative recovery h ad to be defined. On the basis of a survey of 10 media for recovery an alysis and subsequent differentiation assays in mixed cultures, we con clude that ampicillin-dextrin agar performed the best for the recovery of Aeromonas spp, in drinking water and the differentiation by simple criteria of that genus from other common waterborne bacteria.