Effect of growth medium on hydrophobicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis.
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of growth medium on expression of hydrophobicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis. A total of 24 hydrophobic isolates of S. epidermidis, determined by n-hexadecane adherence assay (HAA) earlier were included. Five different growth media horse blood agar (HBA), brain heart infusion agar (BHIA), brain heart infusion broth (BHIB), tryptic soy broth (TSB) and proteose peptone broth (PPB) were used. All 24 isolates exhibited the reproducible hydrophobicity when grown on HBA; however, 20 (83.33%), 19 (79.16%), 15 (62.50%) and 13 (54.16%) isolates were found to be hydrophobic when grown in BHIA, BHIB, TSB and PPB, respectively. HBA was found to be the most suitable medium for detection of hydrophobicity of S. epidermidis followed by BHIA or BHIB.
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IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Staphylococcus epidermidis
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Reproductibilité des résultats
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Milieux de culture
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Interactions hydrophobes et hydrophiles
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Equus caballus
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Animaux
langue:
Anglais
Année:
2004
Type:
Article
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