title: Effect of culture-medium temperature on growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
abstract: This study was designed to evaluate the effects of culture-medium temperatures on the growth of known quantities of in vitro inoculum of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Growth of N gonorrhoeae was significantly greater on room-temperature culture medium than on refrigerated culture medium with inocula of 10(2) and 10(3) colony-forming units. There was no difference between growth patterns on room-temperature and those on refrigerated media when inocula were 10(5) and 10(6) colony-forming units.
authors.affiliation: Doctors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cathcart
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Nowak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000254:growth & development*; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D012034:Refrigeration; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media