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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-4
pubmed:abstractText
Many media have been developed to enumerate Clostridium perfringens from foods. In this study, six media [iron sulfite (IS) agar, tryptose sulfite cycloserine (TSC) agar, Shahidi Ferguson perfringens (SFP) agar, sulfite cycloserine azide (SCA), differential clostridial agar (DCA), and oleandomycin polymyxin sulfadiazine perfringens (OPSP) agar] were compared in a prestudy, of which four (IS, TSC, SCA, and DCA) were selected for an international collaborative trial. Recovery of 15 pure strains was tested in the prestudy and recovery of one strain from foodstuffs was tested in the collaborative trial. Results from the prestudy did reveal statistical difference of the media but recoveries on all media were within the microbiological limits (+/-30%) of IS, which was set as a reference medium. Recoveries on the media tested in the collaborative trial were statistically different as well, but these differences were of no microbiological-analytical relevance. Food matrices did not affect the recovery of C. perfringens in general. DCA and SCA, in particular, are labor-intensive to prepare and DCA frequently failed to produce black colonies; gray colonies were quite common. Since IS medium is nonselective, it was concluded that TSC was the most favorable medium for the enumeration of C. perfringens from foods.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0167-7012
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
359-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of media for enumeration of Clostridium perfringens from foods.
pubmed:affiliation
Food Hygiene and Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study