From the application tests of SMEC medium to the detection of
E. coli from various kinds of foods, the following results have been obtained.
(1) In comparison of positive rate of
E. coli from oysters applied by SMEC medium with that applied by EC medium, it was revealed that, in SMEC medium, MPN count on the confirmation test was perfectly identical with that on the IMViC completed test, but, in EC medium, the ratio of identity was only 40 percent.
(2) An evaluation of confirmation test was made, applied either by EC- or SMEC-medium for the detection of
E. coli as an index of sanitary condition of oysters. Out of 49 EC gas-positive cultures, only 37 revealed to contain
E. coli actually. In case of SMEC test, however, all the 37 gas-positive cultures contained
E. coli from the market foods was achieved applying EC-, SMEC-, and BGLB-medium.
The results revealed that detection rate of
E. coli from the positive specimens through presumptive test was highest in SMEC-medium (79.6%), followed by that in EC-medium (46.3%), while the rate was lowest in BGLB-medium (20.8%).
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