DETECTION OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157-H7 IN WATER FROM COLIFORM ENRICHMENT CULTURES

Authors
RICE EW JOHNSON CH REASONER DJ
Citation
Ew. Rice et al., DETECTION OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157-H7 IN WATER FROM COLIFORM ENRICHMENT CULTURES, Letters in applied microbiology, 23(3), 1996, pp. 179-182
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
179 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1996)23:3<179:DOEOIW>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Environmental water samples were seeded with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and the bacterium was recovered using a traditional coliform enrichmen t procedure followed by selective plating on sorbitol MacConkey agar a nd biochemical and serological characterization. Assays for beta-glucu ronidase and glutamate decarboxylase were found to be useful procedure s for screening suspected isolates. The organism was not recovered in a survey of various water samples.