The present invention is related with the
Microbiology field and particularly with a composition and a method for
early detection, identification, differentiation and count of microscopic organisms, concretely
Gram-negative microorganisms. The composition described in the invention consist on a mixture of substances of
protein origin with a
total nitrogen content from 9 to 20% and in relationship between 2:1 to 24:1, concerning to the content of inhibitors of the
Gram-positive organisms. It contains a mixture of organic and inorganic substances that facilitate the differentiation of the
Gram-negative organisms, being this mixture in a relationship from 0.5:1 to 2:1 concerning to the mixture of substances of
protein origin. The referred composition allows the detection and differentiated count of E. coli and other coliform organisms due to the blue-greenish color of the colonies of these microorganisms on the orange bottom of the medium;
Salmonella not typhi for the red color of the centers of the colonies on rosy bottom of the medium;
Salmonella typhi and
Proteus for the transparency of the colonies;
Citrobacter and
Klebsiella for the
violet color of the colonies on the pink to orange bottom of the medium and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa for the orange color with darker center of the colony, taking greenish pigmentation after 24 hours and producing greenish
fluorescence under low
ultraviolet light.