USE OF OXYRASE ENZYME (OXYRASE(R)) FOR THE DETECTION OF BACTERIOPHAGES OF BACTEROIDES-FRAGILIS IN AEROBIC INCUBATING CONDITIONS

Authors
PUIG A JOFRE J ARAUJO R
Citation
A. Puig et al., USE OF OXYRASE ENZYME (OXYRASE(R)) FOR THE DETECTION OF BACTERIOPHAGES OF BACTEROIDES-FRAGILIS IN AEROBIC INCUBATING CONDITIONS, Journal of microbiological methods, 31(3), 1998, pp. 205-207
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biochemical Research Methods
Journal title
Journal of microbiological methods → ACNP
ISSN journal
01677012
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
205 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-7012(1998)31:3<205:UOOE(F>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The biocatalytic oxygen reducing agent oxyrase enzyme (Oxyrase(R)) was shown to be useful for the detection of bacteriophages infecting the anaerobic bacteria Bacteroides fragilis, which have been proposed as p otential indicators of human viruses and/or human faecal pollution in water. Oxyrase(R) provided very good conditions both for growing Bact. fragilis in liquid cultures in aerobic conditions and for the enumera tion of bacteriophages by means of a triple agar layer for the detecti on of plaque-forming units. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.