HiCrome Bacillus agar for presumptive identification of <i>Bacillus</i> and related species isolated from honey samples

This study aimed to evaluate the performance of Hicrome Bacillus™ agar for isolation and rapid identification of the aerobic spore-forming bacteria most frequently found in honey samples. A collection of 197 bacterial isolates of <i>Bacillus</i>, <i>Brevibacillus</i>, <i&g...

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Autores principales: Alippi, Adriana Mónica, Abrahamovich, Eliana
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Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/124318
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institution Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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language Inglés
topic Ciencias Agrarias
Aerobic spore-forming bacteria
Chromogenic media
Paenibacillus
Brevibacillus
Lysinibacillus
spellingShingle Ciencias Agrarias
Aerobic spore-forming bacteria
Chromogenic media
Paenibacillus
Brevibacillus
Lysinibacillus
Alippi, Adriana Mónica
Abrahamovich, Eliana
HiCrome Bacillus agar for presumptive identification of <i>Bacillus</i> and related species isolated from honey samples
topic_facet Ciencias Agrarias
Aerobic spore-forming bacteria
Chromogenic media
Paenibacillus
Brevibacillus
Lysinibacillus
description This study aimed to evaluate the performance of Hicrome Bacillus™ agar for isolation and rapid identification of the aerobic spore-forming bacteria most frequently found in honey samples. A collection of 197 bacterial isolates of <i>Bacillus</i>, <i>Brevibacillus</i>, <i>Lysinibacillus</i>, <i>Paenibacillus</i>, and <i>Rummeliibacillus</i> belonging to different species that have been reported in honey were screened for their abilities to grow and for their colony colors and medium appearance in HiCrome Bacillus agar. Also, 21 strains from culture collections were used for comparison and quality controls. A flowchart utilizing a combination of colony and media characteristics in the chromogenic medium and a set of simple biochemical and morphological tests were elaborated for quick presumptive identification. A procedure for direct isolation from honey samples was developed. In conclusion, HiCrome Bacillus agar in combination with simple microbiological tests was highly useful for rapid and reliable identification of most <i>Bacillus</i>, <i>Brevibacillus</i>, <i>Lysinibacillus</i> and <i>Paenibacillus</i> species commonly found in honey samples facilitating isolation from polymicrobial honey.
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author Alippi, Adriana Mónica
Abrahamovich, Eliana
author_facet Alippi, Adriana Mónica
Abrahamovich, Eliana
author_sort Alippi, Adriana Mónica
title HiCrome Bacillus agar for presumptive identification of <i>Bacillus</i> and related species isolated from honey samples
title_short HiCrome Bacillus agar for presumptive identification of <i>Bacillus</i> and related species isolated from honey samples
title_full HiCrome Bacillus agar for presumptive identification of <i>Bacillus</i> and related species isolated from honey samples
title_fullStr HiCrome Bacillus agar for presumptive identification of <i>Bacillus</i> and related species isolated from honey samples
title_full_unstemmed HiCrome Bacillus agar for presumptive identification of <i>Bacillus</i> and related species isolated from honey samples
title_sort hicrome bacillus agar for presumptive identification of <i>bacillus</i> and related species isolated from honey samples
publishDate 2019
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/124318
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