Table 1 Number of colonies observed after a 24-h inoculation at 37 °C on Caulobacter medium of Gemmata sp. mock-infected blood in EDTA and heparin tubes
From: Methods for detecting Gemmata spp. bacteremia in the microbiology laboratory
Gemmata massiliana EDTA tubes | Gemmata massiliana Heparin tubes | Gemmata obscuriglobus EDTA tubes | Gemmata obscuriglobus Heparin tubes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial concentration (bacteria/mL) | 102 | 103 | 104 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 102 | 103 | 104 |
Culture results (CFU/mL) | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 320 | 0 | 90 | 300 | 70 | 270 | 420 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 450 | 70 | 180 | 570 | |
0 | 0 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | 0 | 400 | 20 | 410 | 550 | |
0 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 980 | 30 | † | 380 | 0 | 50 | 500 | |