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1. The sources of error and general significance of the presumptive coliform test have been studied, with special reference to manufactured dairy products.2. Eosine methylene blue agar has been found reasonably satisfactory for isolation of cultures but unsatisfactory as a direct plating medium.3. A wide survey of the coliform flora of raw milk and milk products has been made over a period of 11 years. The data were collected from 24,952 samples and include the incidence of presumptive positive tests at each stage of manufacturing processes, the occurrence of ‘false-positive’ tests, the detailed distribution of coliform types in individual dairy products, and some preliminary observations on ‘heat-resistant’ coliform strains.4. Material examined included raw milk, pasteurized milk, ice cream, milk powder, condensed milk, pasteurized cream, clotted cream, butter, soft cheese, Cheddar cheese, processed cheese, swabs of dairy plant, churn rinses, and the atmosphere of dairy factories.5. Detailed confirmatory tests were performed on 2490 presumptive positives, from which 2508 coliform cultures were isolated and classified.6. A general ecological survey of the frequency of individual coliform types in dairying operations as a whole has been attempted.7. Particular factors which may affect the distribution of coliform types in specific products or situations have been shown to include heat resistance, resistance to drying, chemical composition of the substrate, the effect of storage, and conditions prevailing on plant surfaces. It is suggested that the coliform flora may be partly the result of adaptation to conditions associated with each individual product.8. The value of the presumptive coliform test has been discussed in respect of public health requirements, as a plant-control method, and in relation to economic aspects. The test is believed to be of great utility in the plant-control laboratory but of little value for public health purposes.
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Winslow CE. Standard Methods and New Procedures for the Isolation of Colon Bacilli from Water. Am J Public Health Nations Health 2008; 24:456-61. [PMID: 18013991 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.24.5.456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Hajna AA, Perry CA. A Comparison of the Eijkman Test with Other Tests for Determining Escherichia coli in Sewage. J Bacteriol 2006; 30:479-84. [PMID: 16559855 PMCID: PMC543678 DOI: 10.1128/jb.30.5.479-484.1935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- A A Hajna
- Bureau of Bacteriology, Maryland State Department of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Stark CN, England CW. Some Results on the Use of Crystal Violet in Bacteriological Culture Media for Water Analysis. J Bacteriol 2006; 25:439-45. [PMID: 16559626 PMCID: PMC533516 DOI: 10.1128/jb.25.5.439-445.1933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- C N Stark
- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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France RL. Studies of Bacterium coli in Privately Owned Rural Water Supplies. J Bacteriol 2006; 25:623-35. [PMID: 16559642 PMCID: PMC533537 DOI: 10.1128/jb.25.6.623-635.1933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- R L France
- Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst, Massachusetts
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Shunk IV. Comparative Studies of Presumptive Test Media for the Coli-Aerogenes Group of Bacteria. J Bacteriol 2006; 29:163-72. [PMID: 16559775 PMCID: PMC545153 DOI: 10.1128/jb.29.2.163-172.1935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- I V Shunk
- North Carolina State College of the University of North Carolina
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Black LA, Klinger ME. A Comparison of Media for the Detection of Escherichia-Aerobacter. J Bacteriol 1936; 31:171-9. [PMID: 16559875 PMCID: PMC543700 DOI: 10.1128/jb.31.2.171-179.1936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- L A Black
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Maryland, College Park
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Horwood MP, Heifetz A. A Comparative Study of Certain Media Used in Presumptive Tests for Bact. coli. J Bacteriol 1934; 28:199-211. [PMID: 16559741 PMCID: PMC533667 DOI: 10.1128/jb.28.2.199-211.1934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- M P Horwood
- Department of Biology and Public Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1. This paper reports the results obtained by the cultivation of the bacteria of ten batches each of ten mussels, 100 mussels in all, in lactose bile broth.2. From these mussels 371 cultures of bacteria were obtained. 30·7 per cent, of these were not Gram-negative bacilli, 10·0 per cent. were Gram-negative bacilli which did not ferment lactose and glucose, 59·3 per cent. were coliform bacilli.3. By reading the results in lactose bile broth after 24 hours' incubation, and by regarding as positive those tubes which show strong acid and good gas production the most reliable results were obtained. 93·0 per cent. of all typical, and 83·8 per cent. of all typical and atypicalB. colifound gave this reaction. 37·6 per cent. of the organisms giving this reaction were typicalB. coli, 61·1 per cent. of them were typical or atypicalB. coli, and 97·2 per cent. of them were coliform bacilli.4. The writer's method is described in detail. Its essentials are the rejection of shell fluid, the standardisation of the volume of each mussel at 25 c.c. by the addition of saline, the inoculation of three volumes of mussel mince into lactose bile broth—0·5, 0·1 and 0·02 cc., each in duplicate, and the regarding as positive each of these amounts only when acid and gas are produced in 24 hours in both tubes.5. It is suggested that a batch of mussels showing more than seven positives in the tubes inoculated with 0·5 cc.. of mince, or more than three in the tubes inoculated with 0·1 c.c. or more than one in the tubes inoculated with 0·02 c.c. should be considered as contaminated to an undesirable extent.6. Three types of solid media—Salle's, MacConkey's and Burke-Gaffney's— were tested. None were considered suitable for the bacteriological examination of mussels.7. Reasons are given for considering any solid medium inferior to fluid medium for the bacteriological examination of mussels.
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Discussion. Am J Public Health Nations Health 1934. [DOI: 10.2105/ajph.24.5.461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Die auf gr�nen Pflanzen vorkommenden Coli-und coli�hnlichen Bakterien und ihre Eigenschaften unter verschiedenen Z�chtungsbedingungen. Arch Microbiol 1934. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00409178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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