title: Fortified sera and their use in environmental virology.
abstract: Four commercially available fortified sera were compared to fetal bovine serum (FBS) with regard to their ability to maintain or increase the sensitivity of the Buffalo green monkey (BGM) kidney cell line to viral infection. Nine virus strains and five wastewater samples were used. Fortified sera were comparable to FBS for the enumeration of some viruses by the plaque method and for the detection of virus in wastewater by the most-probable-number assay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Rudman Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hoyt
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Margolin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002417:Cattle; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003470:Culture Media; D005333:Fetus; D007668:Kidney; D014780:Viruses / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media