[Method of storage and transportation of bacterial culture using paper disks].

A method for bacterial culture storage and transportation is suggested consisting in impregnation of filter paper disks with broth culture and drying. Bacterial cultures can be stored in this mode for at least a year at 4 degrees C.

[The ability to grow on Levine's or Endo's media as a test for the identification of enterococci].

The suggested test for the identification of enterococci is based on their ability, unlike other streptococci, to grow in Levine's or Endo's media. A total of 128 enterococcal and 251 other streptococcal cultures were examined. The studies have demonstrated reliability of the suggested test, which permits, as a rule, cutting down the time for identification by 1 day and simplifying the investigation.