Assessment of a new selective chromogenic Bacillus cereus group plating medium and use of enterobacterial autoinducer of growth for cultural identification of Bacillus species.
A new chromogenic Bacillus cereus group plating medium permits differentiation of pathogenic Bacillus species by colony morphology and color. Probiotic B. cereus mutants were distinguished from wild-type strains by their susceptibilities to penicillin G or cefazolin. The enterobacterial autoinducer increased the sensitivity and the speed of enrichment of B. cereus and B. anthracis spores in serum-supplemented minimal salts medium (based on the standard American Petroleum Institute medium) and buffered peptone water.
Robert Koch-Institut, Wernigerode, Germany.
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Reissbrodt
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Rassbach
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Burghardt
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Rienäcker
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Mietke
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Schleif
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Tschäpe
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Lyte
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Williams
D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D007700:Kinetics; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology
D004396:Coloring Agents; D003470:Culture Media