A method for the isolation of Bacteroides melaninogenicus from the human mouth.
Isolation procedures involving the direct plating of specimens and the use of selective, non-selective, transport and enrichment media were compared in respect of their value for the recovery of Bacteroides melaninogenicus from the gingival sulcus. A selective medium containing kanamycin and vancomycin enhanced the recovery rate of B. melaninogenicus. VMGII transport medium was convenient to use and gave as good a recovery rate as that obtained with plates directly inoculated in the clinic.
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D005881:Gingiva / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D001443:Prevotella melaninogenica / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D003470:Culture Media