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. 1978 Nov;8(5):520–524. doi: 10.1128/jcm.8.5.520-524.1978

Method for evaluating broth culture media: application to Haemophilus.

A W Brinkley, T W Huber
PMCID: PMC275291  PMID: 215601

Abstract

A method was devised to test the growth-promoting ability of a broth medium. The "dilute to extinction" method determines the inoculum required to develop heavy turbidity in a broth with overnight incubation. A statistical method using Poisson distribution was used to show that a single Haemophilus cell can develop heavy turbidity in an optimal broth. The dilute to extinction method was used to evaluate the shelf life of stored media, to titrate the growth factor requirements of Haemophilus, and to evaluate the use of purified hemin and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide in a broth medium for the growth of Haemophilus. Of the media tested, the most suitable formulation was Mueller-Hinton broth supplemented with 10 microgram of hemin and 10 microgram of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide per ml. The dilute to extinction method appears to be especially useful in the development of broth media for fastidious organisms. The method could also be used to assure the quality of other broth media which are required to support the growth of small inocula in the clinical or research laboratory.

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