Comparison of different culture media and growth conditions for recognition of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum.
Detection of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum is based upon typical beta-hemolysis and colony morphology, but it may go undetected if only conventional sheep blood agar media for detection of beta-hemolytic streptococci are used. The influence of different culture media, atmospheres, and times of incubation for the recognition of colonies of 47 isolates of A. haemolyticum was studied. After 48 h of incubation, trypticase soy agar with 5% horse blood in 5% CO(2) was the best medium.
García-de-la-Fuente
Celia
C
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain. cgarcia@humv.es
Campo-Esquisabel
Ana Belén
AB
Unda
Fabián
F
Ruiz de Alegría
Carlos
C
Benito
Natividad
N
Martínez-Martínez
Luis
L
D000191:Actinomycetaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003470:Culture Media; D006461:Hemolysis; D006736:Horses; D013997:Time Factors
D003470:Culture Media