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Effect of eight growth media upon fermentation profiles of ten anaerobic bacteria
Author(s) -
Turton L.J.,
Drucker D.B.,
Hillier V.F.,
Ganguli L.A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1983.tb02620.x
Subject(s) - fermentation , bacteria , anaerobic exercise , anaerobic bacteria , food science , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics , physiology
A study was made of the influence of eight growth media upon the fermentation end‐product patterns obtained with ten species of anaerobes. Acidic and neutral end‐products of fermentation were analysed by gas chromatography and the results were examined statistically by computer. Differences in end‐product profile were at least as great between different media used to grow a single anaerobic species, as between different anaerobes grown in a single type of medium. When individual fermentation end‐products produced by a single anaerobe species were examined, statistically significant differences were found between different media for individual end‐products. It is concluded that standardisation of growth medium is essential in diagnostic laboratories concerned with identification of anaerobes with the aid of gas chromatography.