Simple method for distinguishing gonococcal colony types.
AUTOR(ES)
Juni, E
RESUMO
Gonococcal colony types can be distinguished by a new procedure that makes use of a dissecting microscope with a concave mirror and a fluorescent lamp. Critical adjustment of the mirror angle results in illumination similar to that obtained in the dark-field microscope. When the concave mirror is set at a certain angle, colonies of the lenticular types 1 and 2 refract the light coming through them in such a way that an edge of the microscope stage is focused in each colony. By contrast, colonies of types 3 and 4, which are relatively flat, fail to refract incident light. Although distinguishable from each other by differences in color, type 3 and 4 colonies do not display the focusing effect typical for type 1 and 2 colonies and appear uniformly illuminated. This new technique permits the rapid identification and isolation of even a single type 1 or 2 colony in a field of type 3 or 4 colonies, making it possible to obtain and maintain competent colonies (type 1 or 2) for the genetic transformation assay for Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain identification as well as for other purposes.
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