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Device for preparing roll-tube cultures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

G. M. Moir  and
G. I. Thomson
G. M. Moir
Affiliation:
Dairy Division's Laboratory, Wallaceville, New Zealand Department of Agriculture
G. I. Thomson
Affiliation:
Dairy Division's Laboratory, Wallaceville, New Zealand Department of Agriculture
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The roll-tube method for estimating bacterial counts was devised by Esmarch(1), but was soon afterwards superseded by the introduction of Petri plates which have several advantages for cultural and counting purposes. The roll-tube method, however, has been revived by several workers (2,3,4), and where a simple, rapid and economical method is required it is very useful, especially if low counts are being dealt with. For this reason it is particularly suitable for yeast and mould counts in butter and has been so used in this laboratory for many years. In addition to its regular use for this purpose, several series of comparisons have shown that the roll-tube method is capable of giving results which compare very well with Petri plate counts upon milk, using the usual dilution technique in both cases.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 1950 , pp. 192 - 193
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1950

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