Glucuronidase activity of Escherichia coli isolated from chicken carcasses

Perin, Luana MartinsYamazi, Anderson KeizoMoraes, Paula MendonçaCossi, Marcus Vinícius CoutinhoPinto, Paulo Sérgio de ArrudaNero, Luís Augusto

To identify Escherichia coli through the production of â-D-glucuronidase (GUD), 622 suspect cultures were isolated from chicken carcasses and plated in PetrifilmTM EC. Of these cultures, only 44 (7.1 percent) failed to produce GUD. This result indicates the usefulness of GUD production for estimating E. coli populations in chicken.

1. Chicken
2. Escherichia coli
3. Glucuronidase activity