Differential media for quantitative recovery of waterborne Aeromonas hydrophila.
Because of the ubiquity of Aeromonas spp., their prevalence in drinking water, and the increasing number of reports on Aeromonas sp.-related infections, a standard method for routine and quantitative recovery had to be defined. On the basis of a survey of 10 media for recovery analysis and subsequent differentiation assays in mixed cultures, we conclude that ampicillin-dextrin agar performed the best for the recovery of Aeromonas spp. in drinking water and the differentiation by simple criteria of that genus from other common waterborne bacteria.
Handfield
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Département de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Simard
P
P
Letarte
R
R
D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D014871:Water Microbiology
D003470:Culture Media