Display options
Share it on

Biotechnol Rep (Amst). 2015 Aug 20;8:45-55. doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2015.08.003. eCollection 2015 Dec.

Optimization of single plate-serial dilution spotting (SP-SDS) with sample anchoring as an assured method for bacterial and yeast cfu enumeration and single colony isolation from diverse samples.

Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Pious Thomas, Aparna C Sekhar, Reshmi Upreti, Mohammad M Mujawar, Sadiq S Pasha

Affiliations

  1. Division of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake, Bangalore 560089, India.

PMID: 28352572 PMCID: PMC4980700 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2015.08.003

Abstract

We propose a simple technique for bacterial and yeast cfu estimations from diverse samples with no prior idea of viable counts, designated as single plate-serial dilution spotting (SP-SDS) with the prime recommendation of sample anchoring (10

Keywords: Agricultural biotechnology; CNA, cetrimide- nalixic acid- agar; Environmental biotechnology; Food microbiology; NA, nutrient agar; NB, nutrient broth; OD, optical density; PDA, potato dextrose agar; PP, polypropylene bag; PS, peptone-salt; Pour-plating; SATS, spotting- and- tilt- spreading; SP-SDS, single plate-serial dilution spotting; Spread-plating; cfu Estimation; cfu, colony forming units; tmtc, too many to count

References

  1. J Hyg (Lond). 1938 Nov;38(6):732-49 - PubMed
  2. Biotechniques. 1997 Oct;23(4):648-50 - PubMed
  3. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2013 Jan;97(1):51-62 - PubMed
  4. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2006 Apr;42(4):350-6 - PubMed
  5. J Microbiol Methods. 2001 Mar 1;44(2):121-9 - PubMed
  6. J Appl Microbiol. 2012 Aug;113(2):339-50 - PubMed
  7. J Appl Microbiol. 2014 Apr;116(4):911-22 - PubMed
  8. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2008 Oct;47(4):275-8 - PubMed
  9. J Microbiol Methods. 2003 Nov;55(2):475-9 - PubMed
  10. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2013 Oct;16(5):636-42 - PubMed
  11. J Microbiol Methods. 2014 Aug;103:9-17 - PubMed
  12. Jpn J Microbiol. 1970 Jan;14(1):65-72 - PubMed
  13. J Appl Microbiol. 2014 Nov;117(5):1358-72 - PubMed
  14. Front Microbiol. 2014 Feb 07;5:16 - PubMed
  15. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013 Jan;79(1):381-4 - PubMed
  16. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1982 Nov;44(5):1246-7 - PubMed

Publication Types