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Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología

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WENG ALEMAN, Zulia et al. Pseudomonas spp. and Staphylococcus spp. of food origin and its conservation in distilled water. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2011, vol.49, n.2, pp.191-201. ISSN 1561-3003.

INTRODUCTION: The distilled water has been used as a support means to preserve fungal strains, mainly due to lack of information on its benefits to maintain other microorganisms. Thus, authors assessed its usefulness to preserve bacteria of food origin in the collection of microbial cultures in the National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology. METHODS: A total of 12 strains (six from Pseudomonas spp and six from Staphylococcus spp) were assayed. Data on viability obtained during the year of conservation were processed using the SPSS statistical package version 11.5. The statistical analysis included that of variance to compare the means of recovery of viable for the following variables: time of conservation and dilution, the Scheffé's test of post hoc multiples comparisons for discrimination of means. The physiological characteristics and the response to Gram's tincture of strains were controlled. RESULTS: There were not significant differences among microbial groups conserved in distilled water. The factors time of conservation and dilution had influence on the recovery of the cultures. There was a good stability in vials recovery from the 7 study days. There were significant differences regarding the dilutions of a greater value. It was possible to obtain a 100% of stability in the physiological characteristics and in the response to Gram's tincture for all the strains. CONCLUSIONS: The conservation in distilled water is appropriate to preserve the strains of Pseudomonas spp and of Staphylococcus spp isolated from samples of foods during a year achieving a good viability.

Palabras clave : Pseudomonas; Staphylococcus; distilled water; conservation.

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