title: Differential recovery of Streptococcus mutans from various mitis-salivarius agar preparations.
abstract: Recoveries of Streptococcus mutans from human dental plaque were lower when plated on mitis-salivarius agar obtained from Baltimore Biological Laboratories as compared with mitis-salivarius agar obtained from Difco Laboratories. However, no difference in recoveries of established laboratory strains of S. mutans was observed between these two agar preparations.
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D001414:Bacitracin; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D001414:Bacitracin; D000362:Agar