Premium
A new selective and differential agar medium for Escherichia coli and coliform organisms
Author(s) -
Wright R.C.
Publication year - 1984
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.1365-2672.1984.tb01365.x
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , agar , lactose , microbiology and biotechnology , coliform bacteria , biology , fecal coliform , enterobacteriaceae , food science , indicator organism , brilliant green , bacteriology , agar plate , chemistry , bacteria , biochemistry , ecology , water quality , genetics , organic chemistry , gene
W right , R.C. 1984. A new selective and differential agar medium for Escherichia coli and coliform organisms. Journal of Applied Bacteriology 56 , 381–388. An enriched lauryl sulphate‐aniline blue agar medium which is selective for Escherichia coli and coliform organisms is described. From faecal samples, the medium gave higher counts of colonies producing acid from lactose than media containing bile salts. From contaminated water and food samples, the medium gave comparable or higher counts of colonies identified as E. coli than standard media. Colonies of E. coli were more readily differentiated from those of other coliform organisms.