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. 1985 Sep;50(3):670–675. doi: 10.1128/aem.50.3.670-675.1985

Rapid detection of salmonellae by immunoassays with titanous hydroxide as the solid phase.

G F Ibrahim, M J Lyons, R A Walker, G H Fleet
PMCID: PMC238686  PMID: 3907499

Abstract

Radioimmunometric and enzyme-immunometric assays were developed for the detection of salmonellae in pure and mixed cultures as well as in 59 food samples. The performances of titanous hydroxide suspension and microtiter plates as the solid phase for the immobilization of microorganisms were compared in these immunoassays. Detection of populations of salmonella cells in pure culture, diluted with saline, was 4- to 10-fold more sensitive with the microtiter plates. However, with mixed culture of salmonella and other enterobacterial species, the detection sensitivity with titanous hydroxide was 100- to 160-fold more sensitive than with microtiter plates. Good correlation existed between results of a standard cultural method for the detection of salmonellae in foods and those obtained from radioimmunometric and enzyme-immunometric assays utilizing titanous hydroxide. However, a high incidence of false-positive and false-negative results with food samples occurred with the enzyme-immunometric assay utilizing microtiter plates. The results provided strong evidence for the merits of substituting titanous hydroxide for microtiter plates as the solid phase for the immobilization of salmonellae for their detection by immunoassays. The immunoassays were rapid and enabled the analysis of a large number of selective enrichment cultures of food samples for salmonellae within 8 h.

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