title: Differential media for quantitative recovery of waterborne Aeromonas hydrophila.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Département de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Handfield
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Letarte
mesh_terms: D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media