INHIBITION OF GROWTH OF AIRBORNE COLIFORMS AND OTHER BACTERIA ON SELECTIVE MEDIA1

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Coliforms when sampled from air were inhibited or restricted in growth on regular selective media. For trials, growth on Standard Plate Count Agar ( SPC) was used as 100%. The percentage of colony growth of Escherchia coli and Enterobacter aerogenes on modified selective media or with SPC were respectively as follows: violet red bile/violet red bile (VRB/VRB) (overlay on base) <4, 15; desoxycholate/desoxyeholate (DES/DES) < 1, 17; tergitol/tergitol (TER/TER) 23,49; eosine methylene blue/eosine methylene blue (EMB/EMB) 122, 86; endo/endo (END/END) 40, 104; MacConkey/MacConkey (MAC/MAC) <2, 10; SPC/VRB <2, 22; SPC/DES <2, 23; VRB/SPC 54, 60; TER/SPC 72, 119; EMB/SPC 97, 119; END/SPC 95, 90; 1 VRB: 1 SPC, as overlay and base 14, 50. Recovery percentages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fragi on modified selective media were greater than those of the coliform bacteria. Fewer Serratia marcescens colonies grew on DES or SPC/DES and more grew on the other modified selective media than did coliform colonies. Growth of airborne Salmonella newbrumwick ranged from <1% on SS agar to 118% on MAC/SPC. Aerosolization of coliforms with skim milk compared to distilled water resulted in growth of more colonies on selective media. Desoxycholate, Bile Salts No. 3, Tergitol No. 7, and crystal violet in the media definitely limited growth of airborne coliforms.

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