[A method of isolating Vibrio parahaemolyticus from different substrates].

A method for isolation of parahemolytic vibrios is suggested, based on their high mobility in semiliquid agar gel. A special semiliquid medium was designed and tried, containing agar-agar, peptone, sodium chloride, mannose, gelatin, indicator, Progress agent. The material is inoculated into the center of a petri dish.

[A method of isolating hemocultures of the causative agent of abdominal typhus and other salmonellae].

The suggested method for the isolation of hemocultures of Salmonellae is based on the inoculation of the patient's blood into special semiliquid medium. After stirring, the medium is poured into Petri dishes. If Salmonellae are present in the blood, characteristic colonies colored black or dark-gray, 5 to 15 mm in diameter, are detectable on the surface of and deep in the medium.