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Culture Methods to Determine the Limit of Detection and Survival in Transport Media of Campylobacter Jejuni in Human Fecal Specimens
Published on: March 10, 2020
Simple method to grow enteric campylobacters in unsupplemented liquid medium without the need for microaerophilic
Khairallah A S Mohammed1, Roger J Miles, Mahmoud A Halablab
1Department of Life Sciences, Franklin-Wilkins Building, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NN, UK.
Abstract:
Campylobacter strains (100 human, animal and environmental isolates) were grown in untreated brain heart infusion broth medium (10 ml in tightly capped 20 ml capacity universal tubes) without using microaerophilic kits. Cells grown in these conditions did not differ in their growth rates, protein profiles or substrate utilisation even after 40 passages compared to cells grown under microaerophilic conditions. Growth in such conditions provides a cost effective, convenient and simple system for growing pure culture of campylobacters and obviates the generation of microaerobic conditions using specialised kits.
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