"Des O'Connor" <des at micro-search.com> wrote in message
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> Your using VRBA right ? NOT RVBA
>> After 24 hours Pseudomonas species should produce much smaller colonies
> wiht no halo typical of Coliforms.
>> You could pick suspect colonies off and do an Oxidase test directly. As
> far as I I know allColiforms are OX -ve while the Pseudomonas species you
> mention ar eofcourse Ox postive.
>> A superior alternative would be to use one of the chromogenic substrate
> based agars.
>> Best
> Des
You just beat my suggestion.
Merck produce a chromogenic agar for coliforms called Chromocult.
E. coli produce blue colonies and coliforms red and will be easily
distinguishable from Pseudomonads
Dave
