A novel chromogenic ester agar medium for detection of salmonellae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 807-812

  Cooke, Venitia M ^a   Miles, R J ^b   Price, R G ^b   Richardson, A C ^a  

^a PPR Diagnostics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BRILLIANT GREEN; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CITRATE TRISODIUM; NOVOBIOCIN; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYSORBATE 20;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SENSIBILITY; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTERITIDIS; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033046677     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.807-812.1999     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Aamlid, K. H., G. Lee, R. G. Price, A. C. Richardson, B. V. Smith, and S. A. Taylor. 1989. Development of improved chromogenic substrates for the detection and assay of hydrolytic enzymes. Chem. Ind. (London), p. 106-108.
2. Aguirre, P. M., J. B. Cacho, L. Folgueira, M. Lopez, J. Garcia, and A. C. Velasco. 1990. Rapid fluorescence method for screening Salmonella spp. from enteric differential agars. J. Clin. Microbiol. 28:148-149.
3. Anonymous. 1990. The Oxoid manual. Oxoid Ltd., Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
4. Devenish, J. A., B. W. Ciebin, and M. H. Brodsky. 1986. Novobiocin-brilliant green-glucose agar: new medium for isolation of salmonellae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 52:539-545.
5. Entis, P. 1990. Improved hydrophobic grid membrane filter method, using EF-18 agar, for detection of Salmonella in foods: collaborative study. J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. 73:734-742.
6. Freydiere, A. M., and Y. Gille. 1991. Detection of salmonellae by using Rambach agar and by a C8 esterase spot test. J. Clin. Microbiol. 29:2357-2359.
7. Gruenwald, R., R. W. Henderson, and S. Yappow. 1991. Use of Rambach propylene glycol agar for identification of Salmonella spp. J. Clin. Microbiol. 29:2354-2356.
8. Kuhn, H., W. Barbel, W. Rabsch, and R. Reissbrodt. 1994. Evaluation of Rambach agar for the detection of Salmonella subspecies 1 to VI. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:749-751.
9. Manafi, M., and R. Sommer. 1992. Comparison of three rapid screening methods for Salmonella spp.: MUCAP Test, MicroScreen Latex and Rambach Agar. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 14:163-166.
10. Miles, R. J., E. L. T. Siu, C. Carrington, A. C. Richardson, B. V. Smith, and R. G. Price. 1992. The detection of lipase activity in bacteria using novel enzyme substrates. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 90:283-288.
11. Pancholy, S. K., and J. Q. Lynd. 1971. Microbial esterase detection with ultraviolet fluorescence. Appl. Microbiol. 22:939-941.
12. Poisson, D. M. 1992. Novobiocin, brilliant green, glycerol, lactose agar: a new medium for the isolation of Salmonella strains. Res. Microbiol. 143:211-216.
13. Poupart, M. C., M. Mounier, F. Denis, J. Sirot, C. Couturier, and F. Villeval. 1991. A new chromogenic ready-to-use medium for Salmonella detection, abstr. 1254. In Abstracts of the Fifth European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
14. Public Health Laboratory Service. 1997. Salmonella serotypes recorded in the PHLS Salmonella data set: January to December, p. 103, 216, 338, and 444. Public Health Laboratory Service, London, England.
15. Rambach, A. 1990. New plate medium for facilitated differentiation of Salmonella spp. from Proteus spp. and other enteric bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:301-303.
16. Richardson, A. C., and V. M. Cooke. 1998. United Kingdom patent application 9802817.8.
17. Richardson, A. C., B. V. Smith, R. G. Price, and P. F. G. Praill. 1993. U.S. patent, 5,221,606.
18. Ruiz, J., M. Lunez, J. Diaz, I. Lorente, J. Perez, and J. Gomez. 1996. Comparison of five plating media for isolation of Salmonella species from human stools. J. Clin. Microbiol. 34:686-688.