A liquid medium permitting anaerobic growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae will grow in an anaerobic atmosphere if provided with nitrite as a terminal electron acceptor, and it is increasingly apparent that this important pathogen may grow anaerobically in vivo. By modifying a previously described chemically-defined medium we have produced a liquid medium capable of supporting growth of N. gonorrhoeae under strictly anaerobic conditions.
Health Protection Agency London Region Laboratory, Medical Microbiology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom. jim.wade@kch.nhs.uk
Jeremy James
JJ
Wade
Michelle Angela
MA
Graver
D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003470:Culture Media; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism
D003470:Culture Media