Microbial medium having fluorescent growth indicator
AssigneeCorning Glass Works
InventorsCyrus A. Lepp, Robert D. Mason, William S. Ramsey
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Abstract
Solidified, polar, micorbial growth medium containing 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid or a salt thereof. Microbial colonies grown on the medium can be detected fluorimetrically.
Claims9
A microbial growth medium comprising a semi-solid, gel-like, polar material having incorporated therein 8-anilino-1-naphthalene sulfonic acid or a salt thereof in a quantity sufficient to permit the fluorimetric detection of microbial growth.
In a microbial growth medium comprising a microbial nutrient material selected from agar and chocolate agar, the improvement which comprises the addition of an amount of 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid or a salt thereof in a quantity sufficient to permit the fluorimetric detection of microbial growth thereon.
A method of detecting the presence of microbes in a sample, the method comprising the steps of:
- A. incubating at least a portion of the sample with a microbial growth medium comprising a gel-like, polar material containing 8-anilino-1-naphthalene-sulfonic acid or a salt thereof;
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- B. examining the microbial growth medium for fluorescence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.