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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1988 July; 54(7): 1715-1718

Selective medium for isolation and enumeration of Bifidobacterium spp.

Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain.

ABSTRACT

A new method was developed for the isolation and enumeration of Bifidobacterium spp. from natural aquatic environments. The method was based on the utilization of a new medium, Bifidobacterium iodoacetate medium 25, and resuscitation techniques were used to isolate injured bifidobacteria. The new medium was tested with a nonselective reference medium on sewage and sewage-polluted surface waters. Relatively little colonial growth of any other bacterial genera occurred; when such colonies did grow, Bifidobacterium could be easily differentiated by its colonial morphology or, after Gram staining, by its typical bifidobacterial morphology.

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