A useful and rapid method to recover bacterial cells from milk samples for microscopic count

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作者
FernandezAstorga, A [1 ]
Hijarrubia, MJ [1 ]
Lazaro, B [1 ]
Barcina, I [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BASQUE COUNTRY, DEPT MICROBIOL IMMUNOL & PARASITOL, FAC CIENCIAS, E-48080 BILBAO, SPAIN
关键词
bacterial recovery; direct epifluorescent filter enumeration (DEFT count); milk pre-treatment;
D O I
10.1016/0167-7012(95)00060-7
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A description is given of a pre-treatment for milk samples which allows it to be filtered through 0.2 mu m pore-size membrane filters without reducing the initial number of bacteria. The efficiency of the method was demonstrated in milk samples inoculated with Escherichia coli O25:H-42, a food-borne pathogen, by comparison with a control in tryptone soya broth (TSB). No significant differences were found between direct microscopic counts in milk samples and controls in TSB.
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