Influence of the inoculum concentration on the recovery of Listeria from meat by L-Palcamy enrichment.
Concentration of the inoculum in L-Palcamy broth enrichment had a marked influence on the recovery of Listeria from meat samples. A 1/100 dilution of ground meat yielded twice as many positive samples as the usually recommended tenfold dilution, whereas no such effect was observed with cheese or vegetables.
Microbiology Unit-UCL 5490, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002417:Cattle; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology; D003470:Culture Media; D005511:Food Handling; D008087:Listeria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D014675:Vegetables / Q000382:microbiology
D003470:Culture Media