Title: Apparatus and methods for microorganism culture and testing
Application Number: 87106707 Application Date: 1987.08.28
Publication Number: 1018263 Publication Date: 1988.05.11
Approval Pub. Date: Granted Pub. Date:
International Classifi-cation: C12N1/20;C12Q1/04;G01N33/02
Applicant(s) Name: Unilever NV. Address:
Inventor(s) Name: Roy Holbrook
Attorney & Agent:
Abstract:
    Processes for selectively culturing motile bacteria such as Salmonella, Camplylobacter, and others, comprise the steps of: (a) preparing for bacteriological incubation a sample of material suspected of containing motile bacteria, (b) placing the material into a culture vessel containing liquid nutrient medium suitable for resuscitation and growth of motile bacteria, (c) providing a carrier partly dipping into the liquid nutrient medium but projecting above a surface of the liquid nutrient medium, the carrier containing supported nutrient medium, and (d) incubating the sample and the nutrient media to allow growth of any motile bacteria present in the sample in the liquid medium, and to allow migration of the motile bacteria during the culture into the supported medium and growth of the motile bacteria therein. The invention also relates to apparatus for carrying out the processes.
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