Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Apparatus – Including measuring or testing
Patent
1998-10-23
2000-07-11
Chin, Christopher L.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Apparatus
Including measuring or testing
435 737, 435 721, 435 34, 435 39, 435 40, 435395, 435404, C12M 100
Patent
active
060871563
ABSTRACT:
A solid plating medium for the presumptive detection of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 which comprises (1) an ingredient which promotes growth of Escherichia coli cells under incubation, (2) an ingredient which inhibits growth of gram positive microorganisms under incubation, (3) an ingredient that inhibits growth of Proteus sp. under incubation, (4) an ingredient which inhibits the growth of strains of Escherichia coli other than Escherichia coli 0157:H7 under incubation, (5) a carbohydrate medium that under incubation is not fermented by Escherichia coli 0157:H7 but which is fermented by other microorganisms including other strains of Escherichia coli, (6) a pH indicator dye which changes the plating media to a first color when the pH of the medium changes, (7) a chromogenic beta-galactosidase substrate that produces precipitate of a second color responsive to beta-galactosidase, the first color contrasting with the second color and the first and second colors blending to produce a third color which contrasts with the first and second colors, and (8) a mass of agar sufficient to solidify the mixture. Also, the method of detecting the presence of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 comprising inoculating the solid plating medium set forth above with a test sample containing Escherichia coli including Escherichia coli 0157:H7, then incubating said plating medium for a period sufficient to obtain colonies of microorganisms and generating one or more of the colors produced by the plating medium, and then examining the surface of the medium for the presence of colonies of the second color.
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Burmeister Marshall A.
Chin Christopher L.
Portner Ginny Allen
R&F Laboratories, Inc.
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