Improved Laboratory Enrichment for Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli by Exposure to Extremely Acidic Conditions

AUTOR(ES)

Grant, Michael A.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Analysis of food samples for E. coli O157:H7 using the standard U.S. Food and Drug Administration procedure is frequently complicated by overgrowth of nontarget microorganisms. A new procedure was developed for enrichment of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) which utilizes exposure to pH 2.00 for 2 h. This procedure yielded larger populations of EHEC than the standard method by factors ranging from 2.7 to 7.7 and, when age-stressed cultures were used, by factors ranging from 2.7 to 11.5. Cultures of competing enterics were more effectively inhibited by the new enrichment protocol as well.

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