EVALUATION OF PROCEDURES FOR ISOLATION OF NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAFROM SOIL AND WATER

Authors
KAMALA T PARAMASIVAN CN HERBERT D VENKATESAN P PRABHAKAR R
Citation
T. Kamala et al., EVALUATION OF PROCEDURES FOR ISOLATION OF NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAFROM SOIL AND WATER, Applied and environmental microbiology, 60(3), 1994, pp. 1021-1024
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
60
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1021 - 1024
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1994)60:3<1021:EOPFIO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Six methods of decontamination each for the isolation of mycobacteria from soil and water were compared. On the basis of the results obtaine d, three of the six methods for soil and two of the six methods for wa ter were further evaluated. For both soil and water samples, the metho d using 3% sodium lauryl sulfate in combination with 1% NaOH yielded m ore positives than the other methods.