Methods used for the isolation, enumeration, characterisation and identification of Enterococcus spp.: 1. Media for isolation and enumeration

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 147-164

  Domig, Konrad J ^a   Mayer, Helmut K ^a   Kneifel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Enumeration; Isolation; Media

Indexed keywords

5 BROMO 4 CHLORO 3 INDOLYL BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BROMCRESOL PURPLE; CATALASE; CEFALEXIN; COLISTIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ESCULIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; GLUCOSIDE; HYMECROMONE GLUCURONIDE; INDICATOR; INDOXYL BETA DEXTRO GLUCOSIDE; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXOLINIC ACID; POLYMYXIN; SODIUM AZIDE; THALLIUM; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AZIDE BLOOD AGAR BASE; AZIDE DEXTROSE BROTH; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARNES MEDIUM; BILE AESCULIN AZIDE AGAR; BILE AESCULIN MEDIUM; BRAIN HEART INFUSION AGAR; BRIGG AGAR; BROMOCRESOL PURPLE AZIDE BROTH; CEPHALEXIN AZTREONAM ARABINOSE AGAR; CHROMOCULT; CITRATE AZIDE MEDIUM; CITRATE AZIDE TWEEN CARBONATE MEDIUM; COLUMBIA CNA AGAR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCOSEL AGAR; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SELECTIVE DIFFERENTIAL MEDIUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; ETHYL VIOLET AZIDE DEXTROSE BROTH; FLUORESCENT GENTAMICIN THALLOUS CARBONATE AGAR; FLUOROGENIC GENTAMICIN THALLOUS CARBONATE AGAR; FOOD ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; ISLAM AGAR MODIFIED; KANAMYCIN AESCULIN AZIDE AGAR; KANAMYCIN AESCULIN AZIDE MEDIUM; KF STREPTOCOCCAL AGAR; LACTOBACILLUS AGAR; LEWISHAM MEDIUM; LIQUID CULTURE; M2 STREPTOCOCCI MEDIUM; MEMBRANE FILTER ENTEROCOCCUS AGAR; MITIS SALIVARUS AGAR; MODIFIED ME MEDIUM; MODIFIED MEI MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; OXOLINIC ACID AESCULIN AZIDE AGAR; PLATING MEDIUM; RAPID ENTEROCOCCUS AGAR; SEWAGE; SLANETZ BARTLEY AGAR; TECHNIQUE; THALLIUM ACETATE MEDIUM; THALLOUS ACETATE TETRAZOLIUM GLUCOSE MEDIUM; TRYPTICASE SOY MEDIUM; WATER ANALYSIS;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 0242289302     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(03)00177-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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