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Detection of Escherichia COD 01 57:H7 in water from coliform enrichment cultures
Author(s) -
Rice E.W.,
Johnson C.H.,
Reasoner D.J.
Publication year - 1996
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.1996.tb00059.x
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , macconkey agar , microbiology and biotechnology , agar , biology , bacteria , enterobacteriaceae , coliform bacteria , food science , biochemistry , genetics , gene
E.W. RICE, C.H. JOHNSON AND D.J. REASONER. 1996. Environmental water samples were seeded with Escherichia coli O157: H7 and the bacterium was recovered using a traditional coliform enrichment procedure followed by selective plating on sorbitol MacConkey agar and biochemical and serological characterization. Assays for β‐glucuronidase and glutamate decarboxylase were found to be useful procedures for screening suspected isolates. The organism was not recovered in a survey of various water samples.