Furukawa Agar - A novel bacteriological agar designed to inhibit fungal contamination when sampling organic compost

Maika Furukawa; Jonathan Stirling; Naoaki Misawa; John E Moore

doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2017.10.012

Furukawa Agar - A novel bacteriological agar designed to inhibit fungal contamination when sampling organic compost

J Microbiol Methods. 2018 Jan:144:88-90. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2017.10.012. Epub 2017 Nov 21.

Authors

Maika Furukawa¹, Jonathan Stirling², Naoaki Misawa³, John E Moore⁴

Affiliations

¹ Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 7AD, UK; Centre for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK; Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
² Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 7AD, UK.
³ Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan; Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
⁴ Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 7AD, UK; Centre for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK; School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, UK. Electronic address: jemoore@niphl.dnet.co.uk.

PMID: 29106921
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2017.10.012

Abstract

A novel bacteriological agar, named Furukawa Agar, has been specifically designed to inhibit the growth of filamentous fungi during microbiological examination of bacteria from organic compost, thereby allowing complete analysis of the resulting bacterial organisms, without the overgrowth with filamentous fungi.

Keywords: Agar; Antifungal; Aspergillus; Compost; Isavuconazole; Mushroom; Mycology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Agar / chemistry
Agar / pharmacology*
Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
Bacteria / growth & development*
Bacteria / isolation & purification
Bacteriological Techniques / methods
Cell Culture Techniques
Composting*
Culture Media / chemistry
Culture Media / pharmacology*
Fungi / drug effects*
Fungi / growth & development
Nitriles / antagonists & inhibitors
Nitriles / chemistry
Pyridines / antagonists & inhibitors
Pyridines / chemistry
Specimen Handling / methods*
Triazoles / antagonists & inhibitors
Triazoles / chemistry

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Culture Media
Nitriles
Pyridines
Triazoles
isavuconazole
Agar