ENUMERATION AND ISOLATION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA IN SEWAGE DIGESTOR FLUIDS: ISOLATION OF LACTATE-UTILIZERS

• Published in: Journal of general and applied microbiology Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 15 - 24
• Main Authors: UEKI, ATSUKO, MINATO, HAJIME, AZUMA, RYOZO, SUTO, TSUNEJI
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Applied Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research Foundation 1980

Addition of lactate to the medium for the non-selective colony counts in sewage digestor fluids resulted in remarkable increase in the counts. In the presence of lactate, percentages of strictly anaerobic, Gram- negative curved rods in the isolates were usually much higher than those in the absence...