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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1966-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
An ecological study of Micrococcus radiodurans indicated that microorganisms possessing the same morphological and radiation-resistance characteristics as that organism could be isolated from ground beef and from pork sausage. Further studies showed that such organisms also could be isolated from beef hides and from water from a creek adjacent to the packing plant from which the meat samples were obtained. Similar microorganisms were not isolated, however, from a limited number of samples of soil, hay, and fecal material. The use of high levels of gamma-radiation in the initial isolation procedures proved to be advantageous in inactivating most of the other microflora and facilitating the isolation of M. radiodurans. Control experiments indicated that M. radiodurans did not compete well with the microflora present in ground meat, soil, and beef hides. Preincubation before irradiation of meat and soil samples or enrichment culture techniques did not enhance the isolation of M. radiodurans. The presence of M. radiodurans in creek water suggested one possible source of this organism.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-6919
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1030-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1965
pubmed:articleTitle
Ecology of Micrococcus radiodurans.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro