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Comparative Study
. 1980 Jul;12(1):32-4.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.1.32-34.1980.

Selenium-enriched medium for Legionella pneumophila

D L Smalley, P A Jaquess, J S Layne
Comparative Study

Selenium-enriched medium for Legionella pneumophila

D L Smalley et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1980 Jul.

Abstract

We found that sodium selenate added to F-G cysteine iron agar enhanced the growth of Legionella pneumophila (Philadelphia 1 strain), with visible colonies at 18 h of incubation. The optimum enhancement of growth was found to occur at a concentration of 5 to 10 microgram of selenium per ml as sodium selenate; enhanced growth, up to 22 times the number of colonies on F-G cysteine iron agar without selenate, was observed at 36 h.

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