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US 6,617,126 B1Granted
Method for improving the growth and colorimetric detection of bacteria, yeasts, fungi or cocci
AssigneeBiotest AG
InventorJürgen Horn
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for improving the growth and detection of bacteria, yeasts, fungi or cocci, by adding sterile-filtered yeast extract and/or p-iodonitrotetrazolium violet to the culture medium.
Claims11
A method for accelerating a growth of bacteria or fungi in culture, said method comprising the following steps:
- a) adding to a culture medium one member but not both members selected from the group consisting of i) yeast extract which has been sterile filtered without autoclaving and ii) p-iodonitrotetrazoliumn violet;
- and
- b) growing and detecting bacteria or fungi in said culture medium;
- wherein the growth of said bacteria or fungi is accelerated as compared to the growth of bacteria or fungi of the same species which have not been subjected to said adding.
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A method for accelerating a growth of bacteria or fungi in culture, said method comprising the following steps:
- a) adding to a culture medium yeast extract which has been sterile filtered without autoclaving;
- and
- b) growing and detecting bacteria or fungi in said culture medium;
- wherein the growth of said bacteria or fungi is accelerated as compared to the growth of bacteria or fungi of the same species which have not been subjected to said adding.
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A method for accelerating a growth of bacteria or fungi in culture, said method comprising the following steps:
- a) adding to a culture medium p-iodonitrotetrazoliumn violet;
- and
- b) growing and detecting bacteria or fungi in said culture medium;
- wherein the growth of said bacteria or fungi is accelerated as compared to the growth of bacteria or fungi of the same species which have not been subjected to said adding.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.