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. 1971 Dec;22(6):1064–1069. doi: 10.1128/am.22.6.1064-1069.1971

Rapid Detection of Salmonella Microcolonies by Fluorescent Antibody

Berenice M Thomason 1
PMCID: PMC376486  PMID: 4944805

Abstract

A microcolony fluorescent-antibody (FA) procedure for detecting salmonellae was compared to the usual direct FA procedure on 304 environmental, food, and feed samples. The microcolony FA test detected all of the specimens found positive by culture, whereas the direct FA missed 3.1% of them. Both FA tests revealed stained organisms in some of the culturally negative specimens. The microcolony FA test has several advantages over the direct FA test: ease of examining the smears, elimination of the fluorescent background material, and increased sensitivity.

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