title: Comparison of the Copan eSwab System with an Agar Swab Transport System for Maintenance of Fastidious Anaerobic Bacterium Viability.
abstract: We compared the eSwab system to a swab with an anaerobic transport semisolid agar system for their capacities to maintain the viability of 20 species of fastidious anaerobes inoculated on the bench and held at ambient or refrigerator temperature for 24 or 48 h. On average, both systems maintained similar viabilities among analogous groups of organisms at both temperatures, although there were quantitative differences among some species.
authors.affiliation: R. M. Alden Research Laboratory, Culver City, California, USA k.l.tyrrell@rmaldenresearch.com.
authors.forename: Kerin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Tyrrell
authors.affiliation: R. M. Alden Research Laboratory, Culver City, California, USA.
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Citron
authors.affiliation: R. M. Alden Research Laboratory, Culver City, California, USA.
authors.forename: Eliza S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Leoncio
authors.affiliation: R. M. Alden Research Laboratory, Culver City, California, USA UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Ellie J C
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D050296:Microbial Viability / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media