Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

Several media both solid and liquid have been described for the growth of tubercle bacilli

Solid media contain egg (Lowenstein-jensen, Petragnini,Dorset egg medium

Blood (Tarshis), Serum (Leoffler's serum slope), Potato (Pawlowsky)

The medium most commonly used is Lowenstein Jensen's medium W/o starch. This contains coagulated Hen's egg, mineral salt solution, asparagine,and malachite green, the last acting as selective agent inhibiting other bacteria.

Liquid media include- Dubos',Middlebrook's,Proskauer and Beck's. liquid media are generally not used for routine cultivation, but are used for sensitivity testing, chemical analyses and preparation for antigens and vaccines

The bacilli grow slowly, the generation time in vitro being 14-15 hrs. Colonies appear in about 2 weeks, and may sometimes take upto 8 weeks. Optimum temp is 37 C and growth does not occur below 20C or 40 C.Optimum pH IS 6.4-7.

On solid media M. Tuberculosis forms dry, rough raised irregular colonies with a wrinkled surface. They are creamy white, becoming yellowish or buff coloured on further incubation.They are tenacious and not easily emulisified.

In liquid media without dispersing agents growth begins at the bottom,creeps up the sidesand forms a prominent surface pellicle which may extend along the sides above the medium. Diffuse growth is obtained in Dubo's medium containing Tween 80. Virulent strains tend to form serpentine cords in liquid media, while avirulent strains grow in a more dispersed manner.

A good starting point is: Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, a joint publication of the CDC/NIH. Your next stop should be a major University Hospital medical library. The librarian will help you find the most recent publication on cultures and propagation and testing for drug resistance. Then visit the Hospital Lab where this is done.

Mycobacterium - a genus of rod-shaped acid-fast bacteria.

Tuberculosis - a specific infective disease caused by the bacteria ( mycobacterium).

Some links or reference:

1. www sanger.ac.uk/Projects/m_tuberculosis

2. www micro.msb.le.ac.uk/video/mtuber.html

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