Anomalies in the enumeration of starved bacteria on culture media containing nalidic acid and tetracycline.

Abstract:

:Culturable counts of antibiotic resistant, genetically engineeredPseudomonas fluorescens were determined on antibiotic-containing plate count agar during starvation in water. Prior to starvation, colony counts obtained on all media separated into two groups. The mean of the colony counts on plate count agar with or without tetracycline (4.9 × 10(6) ml(-1)) was significantly higher than the mean colony counts on plate count agar containing either nalidixic acid or nalidixic acid plus tetraclycline (2.5×10(6) ml(-1)). After 20 days of starvation the highest mean colony counts continued to be obtained on plate count agar (7.2 × 10(6) ml(-1)) with slightly, but significantly, lower counts obtained on plate count agar containing either nalidixic acid (5.6 × 10(6) ml(-1)) or tetraclycline (1.5×10(6) ml(-1)). A combination of nalidixic acid and tetracycline in plate count agar, however, dramatically reduced colony counts (8.3 × 10(2) ml(-1)) after this starvation period. The addition of catalase to plate count agar containing nalidixic acid and tetracycline negated the effect caused by this combination of antibiotics. When colony counts obtained over the entire 20 day incubation were considered, the addition of MgSO4 to plate count agar containing nalidixic acid and tetracycline resulted in a significant increase in colony counts. Other combinations of antibiotics, nalidixic acid+carbenicillin, nalidixic acid+kanamycin, streptomycin+tetracycline, streptomycin+carbenicillin, rifampicin+tetracycline, rifampicin+carbenicillin, and rifampicin+kanamycin, did not inhibit colony formation of starved cells. Antibiotic resistant strains ofP. putida andEscherichia coli also displayed sensitivity to the combination of nalidixic acid and tetracycline in plate count agar after starvation.

journal_name

Microb Ecol

journal_title

Microbial ecology

authors

Genthner FJ,Upadhyay J,Campbell RP,Genthner BR

doi

10.1007/BF02543883

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-12-01 00:00:00

pages

283-8

issue

1

eissn

0095-3628

issn

1432-184X

journal_volume

20

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