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Comparative Study
. 1978 Sep;36(3):536-8.
doi: 10.1128/aem.36.3.536-538.1978.

Primary Klebsiella identification with MacConkey-inositol-carbenicillin agar

S T Bagley, R J Seidler
Comparative Study

Primary Klebsiella identification with MacConkey-inositol-carbenicillin agar

S T Bagley et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1978 Sep.

Abstract

MacConkey-inositol-carbenicillin agar has successfully been used as a primary selective medium for Klebsiella enumeration. With pure cultures, nearly 100% recovery of Klebsiella was observed by membrane filtration. With environmental samples using membrane filtration, 95% of typical pink- to red-colored colonies were verified as Klebsiella, as opposed to only 1% of yellow background colonies. Recovery of Klebsiella on MacConkey-inositol-carbenicillin agar was as good or better than on mEndo agar LES (Difco Laboratories). Recovery and percent colony confirmation with MacConkey-inositol-carbenicillin agar were greater than for other proposed Klebsiella selective media.

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