Experimental study demonstrates reliable gas chromatography of diffused fermentation acids from agar plugs, highlighting a rapid alternative to broth culture sampling.
Sampling and processing of solid agar media for gas chromatographic analysis is described. Small pieces of agar are cut from a ‘sterile’ area of the plate leaving the actual bacterial growth undisturbed for further tests. It is shown that diffused fermentation acids are adequately represented in these samples to permit their use for phenotypic and taxonomic characterization of isolates. Because of the established qualitative and quantitative correspondence of fermentation patterns from agar-grown and from broth-grown bacteria, respectively, the method is offered as a rapid alternative for the sampling of spent culture broths. In addition, the sampling of spent agar plugs seems to hold promise for the study of defined mixed cultures and of mixed growth from primary plates.
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