| Literature DB >> 9871349 |
D P Sartory1, M Field, S M Curbishley, A M Pritchard.
Abstract
Two media (mCP medium and Tryptose Sulphite Cycloserine (TSC) agar) were evaluated for recovery of Clostridium perfringens in environmental and part-treated drinking water. For laboratory strains of Clostridium, mCP was more selective and specific for Cl. perfringens than TSC, but was markedly less efficient for the enumeration of both vegetative cells and spores. For samples of river water and part-treated drinking water, TSC recovered significantly greater numbers of Cl. perfringens than mCP. In contrast to previous reports, there was a significant number of false presumptive positive and negative isolates on mCP. TSC is a more suitable medium for the routine monitoring of water supplies for the presence of Cl. perfringens.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9871349 DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.1998.00454.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lett Appl Microbiol ISSN: 0266-8254 Impact factor: 2.858