• I.S. EN ISO 6888-1:2021

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    Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) - Part 1: Method using Baird-Parker agar medium (ISO 6888- 1:2021)

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  26-09-2021

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Principle
    5 Culture media and reagents
    6 Equipment and consumables
    7 Sampling
    8 Preparation of the test sample
    9 Procedure
    10 Expression of results
    11 Performance characteristics of the method
    12 Test report
    13 Quality assurance
    Annex A (normative) Flow diagram of the procedure
    Annex B (normative) Culture media and reagents
    Annex C (informative) Results of the interlaboratory study
    Bibliography

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    This document specifies a horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci by counting the colonies obtained on a solid medium (Baird-Parker medium)[10] after aerobic incubation at 34 °C to 38 °C and coagulase confirmation.

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    Committee ISO/TC 34
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Current
    Supersedes
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