Enhancement by sodium chloride of the selectivity of thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose agar for isolating Vibrio cholerae biotype El Tor
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 4 (2) , 133-136
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.4.2.133-136.1976
Abstract
This study utilized the salt-tolerant characteristics of vibrios to develop a more selective medium by addition of NaCl to thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose (TCBS) agar. The effect of adding salt to TCBS agar varied greatly among brands of TCBS agar and between lots of the same brand. The addition of salt at concentrations as high as 1.5% (2.5% total NaCl) caused the inhibition of growth of 3 spp. of commonly encountered normal bowel flora and 1 strain of classical V. cholerae but did not compromise the use of TCBS agar for isolation of V. cholerae biotype El Tor.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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