Title Microwave를 이용한 배지 융해와 공기 제거
Author 정윤섭 · 이귀녕 · 이삼열
Address 연세대학교 의과대학 임상병리과
Bibliography Korean Journal of Microbiology, 18(3),148-152, 1980
DOI
Key Words Usefulness of microwave to melt rehydrated media and to remove oxygen from anaerobic tube media
Abstract The microwave of 2450 MHz, generated by a household cooking oven, was evaluated for its applicability to melt various rehydrated media and to remove dissolved oxygen from tubed media for anaerobic culture. The effect on the sterilization of E. coli in selective media was also evaluated. The following results were obtained. 1) The microwave oven was useful in saving time for melting media and in eliminating heat and combustion gas from the laboratory, which were inevitable by-products in the conventional flame method. 2) Dissolved oxygen could be removed without boiling over by exposing the tubes of anaerobic culture medium after putting them in a wire basket in a beaker with water. 3) The count of E. coli during the melting of MacConkey and EMB agar were similar to those treated with open flame. The microwave treatment was not considered a possible mean to replace autoclaving even in these selective media.
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