Rifampin-Blood-Agar as a Selective Medium for the Isolation of Certain Anaerobic Bacteria
AUTOR(ES)
Sutter, Vera L.
RESUMO
A selective medium which allows detection of relatively small numbers of Fusobacterium varium in fecal specimens is described. Blood-agar containing 50 μg of rifampin per ml inhibits the growth of many species of Bacteriodes and of F. fusi-forme/nucleatum but allows good growth of F. varium and most strains of F. mortiferum. Quantitative cultures of 11 fecal specimens were done on rifampin and other selective and nonselective media. F. varium was recovered in counts of 106 and 107 per gram from two specimens on rifampin only. A third specimen yielded 1010F. varium on several media, including rifampin. Some Eubacterium and Clostridium species also grew on rifampin, and these ordinarily were distinguished from the Fusobacterium by colony morphology. This medium is of value in fecal flora studies and should be useful with other kinds of specimens where mixtures of organisms are common.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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