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. 1978 Feb;7(2):127–132. doi: 10.1128/jcm.7.2.127-132.1978

Bromothymol blue broth: improved medium for detection of Ureaplasma urealyticum (T-strain mycoplasma).

J A Robertson
PMCID: PMC274878  PMID: 632344

Abstract

Bromothymol blue (B) broth for the cultivation, detection, and identification of Ureaplasma urealyticum is described. In this medium, strains Cook and 960 had shorter generation times (60 min or less) and reached higher populations (over 10(8)) than have yet been reported for this species. Furthermore, the indicator changes color before the end of logarithmic growth, and the cultures retain viability for at least 1 day thereafter, greatly simplifying the handling of the organism. When the populations in cultures of these two strains and seven new isolates were determined, growth was detected earlier and proceeded to higher final titers in B broth than in urease test color medium (U-9 broth). The inclusion of antibiotics in B broth for use in clinical laboratories (B/NL broth) made the medium selective, specific, and more sensitive for the isolation of U. urealyticum. Comparison of B/NL broth with genital mycoplasma (GM) agar and U-9 broth for the primary isolation of U. urealyticum was made with 183 urethral swabs. All 70 isolates were detected on B/NL broth, but only 66 and 63 isolates were detected on GM agar and in U-9 broth, respectively. Moreover, the cultures in B/NL broth were pure and at titers that generally showed good correlation with colony counts on GM agar.

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