Comparison of Media for Isolation of Bacillus cereus from Foods
- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Food Protection
- Vol. 48 (11) , 969-970
- https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-48.11.969
Abstract
Three media for isolation of Bacillus cereus from foods were compared: mannitol-egg yolk-polymyxin (MYP) agar, polymyxin pyruvate-egg yolk-mannitol-bromothymol blue agar (PEMBA) and non-selective blood agar. Twenty-six of 45 samples of different reconstituted and incubated dry food products and 18 of 29 samples of milk and cream (incubated overnight) contained B. cereus. None of the media performed significantly better than the others as regards quantitative recovery or selectivity.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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