THE CHARACTERIZATION OF FECAL STREPTOCOCCI
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- Published by International Association for Food Protection in Journal of Milk and Food Technology
- Vol. 30 (1) , 1-6
- https://doi.org/10.4315/0022-2747-30.1.1
Abstract
Summary Fecal streptococci were isolated from human and animal feces and frozen meat and poultry pies. Organisms from these sources could be classified in three major groups: Streptococcus faecalis, Streptococcus faecium, and Streptococcus bovis. Attempts to relate the presence of such organisms to their fecal source using the heat-tellurite test were unsuccessful. A positive correlation was noted between the ability of these organisms to reduce tetrazolium and tellurite and their fecal source.Keywords
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