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A fluorogenic technique for the confirmation and enumeration of Escherichia coli in beansprouts
Author(s) -
Damoglou A.P.,
Buick R.,
Hough B.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1988.tb01273.x
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , klebsiella pneumoniae , enumeration , enterobacteriaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella , escherichia , biology , bacteria , biochemistry , gene , genetics , mathematics , combinatorics
The use of the 4‐methylumbelliferyl glucuronide (MUG) to differentiate between Escherichia coli and biotypes of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from beansprouts is described. The incorporation of MUG into the selective media ensured that the presence of Klebsiella spp. on the beansprouts was not confused with E. coli.