Accession Number:
AD0698879
Title:
DIFFERENTIAL MEDIUM FOR ISOLATING THE PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS MICROBE,
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Corporate Author:
FORT DETRICK FREDERICK MD
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Report Date:
1969-12-15
Pagination or Media Count:
5.0
Abstract:
A differential medium for identifying the pathogen of P. pseudotuberculosis was developed by seeding feces from patients with a Far Eastern scarlatina-like fever and other contaminated material. The colonies of the pseudotuberculosis germ are readily distinguished by a number of features from the other microbes. Proteus does not reproduce on this medium. The growth of the P. pseudotuberculosis germ on this medium was 25-30 greater than on Endo or Tumanskiys media or nutrient agar while erroneously transplanted cultures suspected of being the pseudotuberculosis microbe numbered 2 to 2 12 times less. The medium is simple to make, does not require strictly sterile conditions for pouring and can be kept for a week at 4 degrees. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Microbiology