NUTRITIVE MEDIUM TO ISOLATE PATHOGENIC ENTEROBACTERIA Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: clinical microbiology, bacteriology. SUBSTANCE: the suggested medium contains agar, lactose, methylene blue, eosin, distilled water, saccharose, as a source of nitrogenous nutrition - pancreatic fish hydrolyzate at 0.3- 1.2% sodium chloride content, and as a buffer - tris(oxymethyl)aminomethane at the following ratio of components, g/l distilled water: pancreatic fish hydrolyzate at 0.3- 1.2% sodium chloride 8-14, agar 8-12, saccharose 7.0-8.0, lactose 7.0-8.0, eosin 0.55-0.65, methylene blue 0.06-0.07, tris(oxymethyl)aminomethane 0.35-0.65. EFFECT: increased selective and differentiating properties, higher efficiency in predicting pathogenic enterobacteria. 1 tbl, 2 ex