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Lee, Kim, and Lew: Comparison of Mycobacterial Growth in Dubos Medium, Hyaluronate Supplemented Medium and Umbilical Cord Extract Based Medium
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Yonsei Medical Journal

Yonsei Medical Journal 1977; 18(2): 130-135.

Published online: 20 February 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1977.18.2.130

Comparison of Mycobacterial Growth in Dubos Medium, Hyaluronate Supplemented Medium and Umbilical Cord Extract Based Medium

Young Nam Lee, Joo Deuk Kim, Joon Lew

Department of Microbiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Received 25 August 1977

Copyright © 1977 The Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

This is a report of attempts to compare the growth yields of various species of fastidious mycobacterium inch1ding human pathogens and non-pathogens in the conventional Dubos liquid medium and two simple media formulated recently; one is a medium containing 0.1% hyaluronic acid and 6.0% bovine serum albumin and the other is a semisyntheic medium made of umbilical cord extract supplemented with 10% sheep serum as a final concentration.
All mycobacterial strains employed in experiments gave the heaviest growth yields in the hyaluronic acid-bovine serum albumin medium (HAS medium), among the three media. Dubos liquid medium seemed to be inferior to a medium made of umbilical cord extract (UCE medium) in supporting mycobacterial growth. There were three-to seven-fold increases in dry weight of the bacteria grown in the HAS medium as compared with those in the Dubos liquid medium. We also looked for the possible effect of bovine serum albumin (BSA)in the HAS medium on mycobacterial growth. As a result, we found that the amount of BSA in the HAS medium, ranging from zero to 6.0% in the medium, showed no substantial effect on the mycobacteria1 growth.

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