GLUCURONIDASE ACTIVITY OF ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM CHICKEN CARCASSES

Ano: 2010 | Volume: 41 | Número: 3

Autores: Luana Martins Perin, Anderson Keizo Yamazi, Paula Mendonça Moraes, Marcus Vinícius Coutinho Cossi, Paulo Sérgio de Arruda Pinto, Luís Augusto Nero

Palavras-chave: Escherichia coli, glucuronidase activity, chicken

Resumo Inglês:

To identify Escherichia coli through the production of
-D-glucuronidase (GUD), 622 suspect cultures
were isolated from chicken carcasses and plated in Petrifilmâ„¢ EC. Of these cultures, only 44 (7.1%) failed
to produce GUD. This result indicates the usefulness of GUD production for estimating E. coli populations
in chicken.