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. 1979 May;37(5):947–953. doi: 10.1128/aem.37.5.947-953.1979

Repair detection procedure for enumeration of fecal coliforms and enterococci from seafoods and marine environments.

C R Hackney, B Ray, M L Speck
PMCID: PMC243330  PMID: 384902

Abstract

The repair detection procedure of Speck et al. (Appl. Microbiol. 29:549-550, 1975) was adapted for the enumeration of coliforms, fecal coliforms, and enterococci in seafood and environmental samples. Samples were pour plated with Trypticase soy agar, followed by a 1- to 2-h incubation to effect repair; the plates were then overlaid with the selective medium and incubated. Violet red bile agar and an incubation temperature of 45 degrees C were used as the selective conditions for fecal coliforms, and KF streptococcal agar was used for the enumeration of enterococci. The method was more efficient than the standard most-probable-number method for fecal coliform enumeration and also allowed enumeration of the injured cells, which might have remained undetected when selective medium in the most-probable-number method was used. The repair detection method effectively recovered the injured portion of the population of enterococci capable of growing on KF streptococcal agar. The repair enumeration method was not suitable for coliforms in marine samples because associative marine bacteria mimicked coliforms in violet red bile agar plates incubated at 35 degrees C. The marine bacteria did not grow at 45 degrees C and therefore did not interfere with fecal coliform enumeration.

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