The microbial contamination of meat and meat products is of continuing concern to the meat industry and regulatory agencies. Air has been established as a source of microbial contamination in slaughter and processing facilities. The objective of this research was to determine the efficacy of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generating AirOcare equipment in reducing airborne bacteria in a meat proc...

Fishmeal extract bile salt lactose agar (FEBLA), a new differential medium for enteric bacteria was developed and evaluated for its ability to grow and differentiate lactose fermenters (LF) from non-lactose fermenters (NLF) in comparison with MacConkeys agar. Performance of FEBLA was at par with the latter. On FEBLA medium, the contrast between LF and NLF colonies was pronounced and Klebsiella ...

Bile-tolerant Helicobacter spp. are emerging human and animal pathogens. However, due to their fastidious nature, which requires nutrient-rich complex media to grow, infection with these bacteria may be underestimated. The accumulation of toxic metabolites in cultures may be one of the main obstacles for successful culture of these organisms. The present study examined various potential growth-...

Mother milk is a complete food for the child. It contains vital nutrients and biomolecules required growth development of mainly carbohydrates, proteins, fats minerals. Recently, it was also found that certain different microorganisms which play role in body. Most microorganism belongs to Lactobacilli family. Knowing importance health, industries have focused on these be used as health suppleme...

Correspondence: (Reprints are not available from the author) Dr. Prabhav Aggarwal E-49, Sector-55, NOIDA Uttar Pradesh 201 301 India Email: [email protected] riod with acute diarrhoea (with or without visible blood/mucus) of duration less than 14 days were included in the study. In total, stool samples were collected from 347 children in clean plastic containers and transported to mic...

In this paper, we present a selective and differential medium, termed Vibrio alginolyticus (VAL) agar, developed for the isolation and identification of V. alginolyticus. The presence of bile salts, high salinity and high incubation temperature allows the selective growth of moderately halophilic Vibrio species. Differentiation of bacteria is achieved by identifying species capable of sucrose f...

We have developed a new, effective procedure for detecting Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafoods using enrichment and plating onto a chromogenic agar medium. Samples were cultured in salt Trypticase soy broth, which is a nonselective medium, and then a portion of the culture was cultured with salt polymyxin broth, which is a selective medium for V. parahaemolyticus. This two-step enrichment was m...