CYD broth
** (polypepton 2%, dextrose 1.5%, Na-citrate•2H
2O 1%, yeast extract 0.5%, NaCl 0.5%, K
2HPO
4 0.3%, KH
2PO
4 0.3%, pH 7.0) was found to be a suitable nutrient medium for growth of enterococci, as reported in the preceding paper
7)). By the addition of some effective bacteriostatic agents to this medium, a selective medium for enterococci will probably be obtained. In an attempt of finding such useful inhibitory agents, the authors compared the sensibility against various antibiotics, using CYD agar plate as a basal medium, between enterococci and other organisms. In comparison with other gram-positive organisms, enterococcal strains were found to be highly resistant to fradiomycin, streptomycin, viomycin and oxytetracycline. Particularly, enterococci were characterized by their high resistance to fradiomycin, viz., a concentration of 25
γ per m
l of fradiomycin in CYD agar inhibited all of the gram-positive organisms tested except enterococci, whereas even a concentration of 100
γ per m
l of this antibiotic failed to inhibit the growth of enterococci. In the case of CYD broth medium, it was likely that a concentration of more than 100
γ per m
l of fradiomycin in the medium will be required for inhibiting gram-positive organisms other than enterococci. Any of antibiotics examined in this study could not. inhibit all of gram-negative organisms when used in a concentration that allows the growth of enterococci. Enterococci showed a higher resistance to colistin as compared with coliform organisms, viz., all of enterococcal strains tested grew in the CYD agar containing 30, 000u. per m
l of colistin, whereas almost all strains of coliform group were inhibited in a concentration of 300u. per m
l. It was noted that there exists a specific relation between the type of enterococcus group and the sensibility to leucomycin, viz., aconcentration of 0.5
γ per m
l of leucomycin in CYD agar inhibited only type III of enterococcus group.
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