Open AccessEnhancing Effects of Carbon Dioxide on the Primary Isolation of Acid-Fast Bacilli in a Modified Lowenstein-Jensen Medium
Author(s) -
Howard Gruft,
A Loder
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0003-6919
DOI - 10.1128/am.22.5.944-945.1971
Subject(s) - bacilli , incubation , microbiology and biotechnology , carbon dioxide , incubation period , isolation (microbiology) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , chemistry , acid fast , inoculation , tuberculosis , biology , bacteria , medicine , biochemistry , immunology , pathology , sputum , organic chemistry , genetics
Specimens inoculated on modified Lowenstein-Jensen medium were incubated aerobically and in an atmosphere of 8% CO2 . Sixteen per cent of the positive specimens grewMycobacterium tuberculosis only after incubation in CO2 .
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