Development of XRM-MacConkey agar selective medium for the isolation of Escherichia albertii
Development of XRM-MacConkey agar selective medium for the isolation of Escherichia albertii
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DOI:
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115006
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发表时间:
2020-05-01
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2.9
通讯作者:
Yamasaki, Shinji
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作者:
Hinenoya, Atsushi;Nagano, Keigo;Yamasaki, Shinji
Escherichia albertii has increasingly been recognized as an emerging pathogen. However, lack of selective medium for E. albertii is the bottleneck for clinical and epidemiological investigations. In this study, a selective medium for E. albertii named XRM-MacConkey agar, which is modified MacConkey agar supplemented with xylose (X), rhamnose (R), and melibiose (M) instead of lactose, was developed and evaluated. All 49 E. albertii and 6 different species out of 23 grew as colorless colonies, whereas 17 remaining species grew as red colonies. Detection limit of E. albertii by this medium was 10(5) CFU/g stool when examined with spiked healthy human stool. Further-more, colorless colonies on XRM-MacConkey agar obtained from 7 E. albertii-positive diarrheal stools were consistently E. albertii. In contrast, 57%, 18%, and 36% colorless colonies on MacConkey, DHL, and mEA agars, respectively, were non-E. albertii. We concluded that XRM-MacConkey agar could specifically be used for isolation of E albertii. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.