Medium for the selective enumeration of lactic acid bacteria from foods.
A nitrite actidione polymyxin agar was developed for the enumeration of lactic acid bacteria. It was effective in recovering organisms from pure cultures and from foods.
D000362:Agar; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002452:Cell Count; D003470:Culture Media; D003513:Cycloheximide; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009573:Nitrites; D010376:Pediococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011113:Polymyxins; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D003470:Culture Media; D009573:Nitrites; D011113:Polymyxins; D000362:Agar; D003513:Cycloheximide