Nonrecovery of varying proportions of viable bacteria during spread plating governed by the extent of spreader usage and proposal for an alternate spotting-spreading approach to maximize the CFU

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 339-350

  Thomas, Pious ^a   Sekhar, A C ^a   Mujawar, M M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus spores; CFU enumeration; Drop plating; Enterobacter cloacae; Escherichia coli; ISO standards; Pour plating; Spread plating

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIOLOGY; ISO STANDARDS; MOISTURE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPREADERS;

BACILLUS SPORE; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CFU ENUMERATION; DROP PLATING; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; INOCULA; ISO STANDARDS; POUR PLATING; SPREAD PLATING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOISTURE CONTENT;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84863994746     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05327.x     Document Type: Article

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