Biomaterial Database

[Assessment of bacterial counts in the meat-processing industry. II. The plate-loop method and the droplet method (author's transl)]. 1977

G E Gerats, and J M Snijders

Two methods used in making bacterial counts of meat and surfaces are discussed. When the plate-loop method is used, dilutions are prepared with calibrated loops in spotting tiles. These loops are also used to swab droplets of these dilutions on quadrants of previously dried agar plates. A formula is presented, which may be used in calculating bacterial counts. When the droplet method is adopted, an apparatus is used to prepare dilutions in tubes containing liquid agar. Drops of agar then are transferred into empty Petri dishes by this apparatus. After incubation, the colonies which have grown in these droplets are counted by a viewer included in the apparatus. Both the plate-loop method and the droplet method (if slightly modified) were found to satisfy the criteria simplicity, reliability and saving time and material. This only holds good when accurate counts are made and when bacterial counts are more than 2,500 bacteria per gram or per sq. cm. When these conditions are complied with, the two methods are suited for routine studies of large numbers of samples.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008460	Meat	The edible portions of any animal used for food including cattle, swine, goats/sheep, poultry, fish, shellfish, and game.	Meats
D008462	Meat-Packing Industry	The aggregate enterprise of technically producing packaged meat.	Industry, Meat-Packing,Industries, Meat-Packing,Industry, Meat Packing,Meat Packing Industry,Meat-Packing Industries
D002417	Cattle	Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor.	Beef Cow,Bos grunniens,Bos indicus,Bos indicus Cattle,Bos taurus,Cow,Cow, Domestic,Dairy Cow,Holstein Cow,Indicine Cattle,Taurine Cattle,Taurus Cattle,Yak,Zebu,Beef Cows,Bos indicus Cattles,Cattle, Bos indicus,Cattle, Indicine,Cattle, Taurine,Cattle, Taurus,Cattles, Bos indicus,Cattles, Indicine,Cattles, Taurine,Cattles, Taurus,Cow, Beef,Cow, Dairy,Cow, Holstein,Cows,Dairy Cows,Domestic Cow,Domestic Cows,Indicine Cattles,Taurine Cattles,Taurus Cattles,Yaks,Zebus
D005516	Food Microbiology	The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in food and food products. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms: the presence of various non-pathogenic bacteria and fungi in cheeses and wines, for example, is included in this concept.	Microbiology, Food
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001431	Bacteriological Techniques	Techniques used in studying bacteria.	Bacteriologic Technic,Bacteriologic Technics,Bacteriologic Techniques,Bacteriological Technique,Technic, Bacteriological,Technics, Bacteriological,Technique, Bacteriological,Techniques, Bacteriological,Bacteriologic Technique,Bacteriological Technic,Bacteriological Technics,Technic, Bacteriologic,Technics, Bacteriologic,Technique, Bacteriologic,Techniques, Bacteriologic

Related Publications

G E Gerats, and J M Snijders

[Viable bacterial counts by agar-droplet technique (author's transl)].

August 1976, Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Erste Abteilung Originale. Reihe A: Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Parasitologie,

G E Gerats, and J M Snijders

[Water in the processing of meat and meat products (author's transl)].

January 1980, Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie und Hygiene. 1. Abt. Originale B, Hygiene,

G E Gerats, and J M Snijders

A comparator method of assessing bacterial plate counts.

December 1970, The Journal of applied bacteriology,

G E Gerats, and J M Snijders

[Counts of aerobic bacteria using a droplet technique (author's transl)].

March 1976, Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde,

G E Gerats, and J M Snijders

[The fibrin agar plate method (author's transl)].

April 1976, Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology,