Conditioned culture medium for rapid growth and detection of microbes
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorPatrick A. Mach
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Abstract
This invention generally relates to products and processes used to determine the presence of microbes in a sample and particularly relates to a conditioned culture medium which may be used in products and processes to allow early detection and enumeration of such microbes. The conditioned culture medium preferably is a filtered broth made by inoculating viable microbes with gelatin, casein or animal peptones as well as lactose, sodium chloride, bile salts, guar gum and an indicator.
Claims9
A conditioned culture medium which facilitates early detection and enumeration of microorganisms selected from the group consisting of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria and fungi present in a sample, wherein the conditioned medium is prepared by a process comprising the steps of
- i) inoculating a broth comprising gelatin, casein or animal peptones and yeast extract with a microbial culture wherein the microbial culture is selected from the group consisting of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria and fungi
- ii) incubating the broth while the microbial culture is in the log phase of growth,
- iii) removing the incubated microbial culture from the broth, and
- iv) adding carbohydrates and salts to the broth of step iii) to give a conditioned medium.
A conditioned medium which facilitates early detection and enumeration of a first microbial culture present in a sample comprising
- i) a filtered broth comprising gelatin, casein or animal peptones and yeast extract which has been incubated with a second microbial culture in the log phase of growth thereof for a period of time sufficient to allow the second microbial culture grow, wherein the first and second microbial cultures are the same or are different microbial cultures selected from the group consisting of Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial and fungi, and
- ii) sufficient carbohydrates and salts to allow growth of the first microbial culture in the conditioned medium.
A conditioned culture medium which facilitates early detection and enumeration of microorganisms selected from the group consisting of Gram positive and Gram negative microorganisms and fungi present in a sample, wherein the conditioned medium is prepared by a process comprising the steps of
- i) inoculating a broth comprising digested gelatin, casein or animal peptones and yeast extract with a microbial culture selected from the group consisting of Gram positive and Gram negative microorganisms and fungi,
- ii) incubating the broth while the microbial culture is are in the log phase of growth,
- iii) removing the microbial culture from the broth, and
- iv) adding carbohydrates and salts to the broth of step iii) to give a conditioned medium.
A conditioned medium which facilitates early detection and enumeration of a first microbial culture present in a sample comprising
- i) a filtered broth comprising digested gelatin, casein or animal peptones and yeast extract which has been incubated with a second microbial culture in the log phase of growth for a period of time sufficient to allow the second microbial culture grow, wherein the first and second microbial culture are the same or are different microbial cultures selected from the group consisting of Gram positive and Gram negative microorganisms and fungi, and
- ii) sufficient carbohydrates and salts to allow growth of the first microbial culture in the conditioned medium.
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