The 0-1 bacteriophage test of Cherry et al. (1954) for the presumptive identification of salmonellae in the diagnostic laboratory was investigated. A phage lysate with a titer of 1012 plaque-forming units per ml was found to be optimal. This preparation lysed 98.2% of Salmonella strains tested, while maintaining its high specificity for salmonellae. Gram-negative organisms other than salmonellae were resistant to the 0-1 phage; however, 5.9% of Escherichia coli strains tested were susceptible. The 0-1 phage test is a simple, rapid, inexpensive, sensitive, and specific procedure for the identification of salmonellae in the diagnostic laboratory. A presumptive identification is obtained 1 day earlier than with conventional biochemical tests.
The O-1 bacteriophage test of Cherry et al. (1954) for the presumptive identification of salmonellae in the diagnostic laboratory was investigated. A phage lysate with a titer of 10
12
plaque-forming units per ml was found to be optimal. This preparation lysed 98.2% of
Salmonella
strains tested, while maintaining its high specificity for salmonellae. Gram-negative organisms other than salmonellae were resistant to the O-1 phage; however, 5.9% of
Escherichia coli
strains tested were susceptible. The O-1 phage test is a simple, rapid, inexpensive, sensitive, and specific procedure for the identification of salmonellae in the diagnostic laboratory. A presumptive identification is obtained 1 day earlier than with conventional biochemical tests.
Six obligately anaerobic strains of
Corynebacterium vaginale (Haemophilus vaginalis)
have been isolated and their characteristics studied. The reactions of the anaerobic strains, as well as of facultative strains tested under anaerobic conditions, are similar to the reactions previously reported for this species.
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