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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 1999, p. 3936-3941, Vol. 65, No. 9
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

A Most-Probable-Number Assay for Enumeration of Infectious Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts

Theresa R. Slifko,* Debra E. Huffman, and Joan B. Rose

Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida

Received 5 October 1998/Accepted 9 June 1999

Cryptosporidium is globally established as a contaminant of drinking and recreational waters. A previously described cell culture infectivity assay capable of detecting infectious oocysts was adapted to quantify viable oocysts through sporozoite invasion and clustering of foci. Eight experiments were performed by using oocysts less than 4 months of age to inoculate host HCT-8 cell monolayers. Oocysts were diluted in a standard 5- or 10-fold multiple dilution format, levels of infection and clustering were determined, and the most probable number (MPN) of infectious oocysts in the stock suspension was calculated. The MPN was compared to the initial oocyst inoculum to determine the level of correlation. For oocysts less than 30 days of age, the correlation coefficient (r) was 0.9726 (0.9306 to 0.9893; n = 20). A two-tailed P value (alpha = 0.05) indicated that P was less than 0.0001. This strong correlation suggests that the MPN can be used to effectively enumerate infectious oocysts in a cell culture system. Age affected the degree of oocyst infectivity. Oocyst infectivity was tested by the focus detection method (FDM)-MPN assay and in BALB/c mice before and after treatment with pulsed white light (PureBrite). The FDM-MPN assay and animal infectivity assays both demonstrated more than a 4 log10 inactivation. Municipal water systems and a host of other water testing organizations could utilize the FDM-MPN assay for routine survival and disinfection studies.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5016. Phone: (727) 553-3930. Fax: (727) 553-1189. E-mail: slifko{at}seas.marine.usf.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 1999, p. 3936-3941, Vol. 65, No. 9
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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