Fortified sera and their use in environmental virology

Authors
Hoyt, JL Margolin, AB
Citation
Jl. Hoyt et Ab. Margolin, Fortified sera and their use in environmental virology, APPL ENVIR, 66(5), 2000, pp. 2259-2262
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Microbiology
Journal title
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00992240 → ACNP
Volume
66
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2259 - 2262
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(200005)66:5<2259:FSATUI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Four commercially available fortified sera were compared to fetal bovine se rum (FBS) with regard to their ability to maintain or increase the sensitiv ity of the Buffalo green monkey (BGM) kidney cell line to viral infection. Nine virus strains and five wastewater samples were used. Fortified sera we re comparable to FBS for the enumeration of some viruses by the plaque meth od and for the detection of virus in wastewater by the most-probable-number assay.