A TRANSPARENT MEDIUM FOR ISOLATION OF LEGIONELLA-PNEUMOPHILA FROM ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SOURCES

被引:3
作者
ARMON, R [1 ]
PAYMENT, P [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV QUEBEC,INST ARMAND FRAPPIER,LAVAL H7N 4Z3,QUEBEC,CANADA
关键词
BCYEα; Environmental water sample; Legionella pneumophila; Legionella transparent medium;
D O I
10.1016/0167-7012(90)90049-C
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A transparent medium (LTM) for Legionella pneumophila isolation from environmental water sources was developed. Compared with the available transparent media for Legionella spp., LTM was highly superior. The new medium compared with BCYEα medium is equally efficient and has the advantage of being transparent, a characteristic which allow incorporation of chromogenic confirmation test. LTM suplemented with lower antibiotics concentration than BCYEα was equally selective with environmental water specimens constaining naturally occuring L. pneumophila. © 1990.
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