Journal article
Evaluation of an alternative method for the enumeration and confirmation of Clostridium perfringens from untreated water samples including sewage effluent
Letters in Applied Microbiology, Vol.42(5), pp.438-444
2006
Abstract
Aims: Clostridium perfringens is recommended as a suitable indicator bacterium for human enteric viruses, Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in finished water and in the assessment and evaluation of water treatment. Several agars and confirmation procedures were evaluated in parallel with the Australian/New Zealand Standard (AS/NZ) Method for the enumeration of Cl. perfringens from treated and untreated sewage samples. Methods and Results: The current AS/NZ method utilizes tryptose sulfite cycloserine agar (TSC), lactose gelatin medium (LG) and nitrate motility medium (NM) at an incubation temperature of 37°C. Sixty treated and untreated sewage samples were used to evaluate TSC agar, membrane Cl. perfringens agar (mCP), Perfringens agar (OPSP) and Perfringens agar with 4-methylumbelliferyl phosphate (OPSP–MUP) for enumeration of Clostridium. An incubation temperature of 44°C for 24 h was used for comparison. Confirmation procedures were also evaluated using 103 isolates and included LG and NM, ortho-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside (ONPG) with MUP (ONPG–MUP) and phosphatase reagent (PR). OPSP compared favourably with TSC agar. One false negative result was obtained from each of the LG/NM and ONPG–MUP procedures. No false results were obtained using the PR confirmation procedure. Conclusions: OPSP agar and PR were determined as suitable replacements for the AS/NZ Standard procedure with no interference from spreading organisms. Significance and Impact of the Study: This is a simple and rapid method for isolating and enumerating Cl. perfringens from sewage samples and confirmed results can be reported more quickly due to shorter analytical turnaround times.
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- Title
- Evaluation of an alternative method for the enumeration and confirmation of Clostridium perfringens from untreated water samples including sewage effluent
- Authors
- Tracey D Wohlsen (Author) - Queensland Health Scientific ServicesJ Bayliss (Author) - Queensland Health Scientific ServicesB Gray (Author) - Queensland Health Scientific ServicesJ Bates (Author) - Queensland Health Scientific ServicesMohammad Katouli (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
- Publication details
- Letters in Applied Microbiology, Vol.42(5), pp.438-444
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Date published
- 2006
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01912.x
- ISSN
- 0266-8254
- Organisation Unit
- Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449799602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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