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Bacteria Enumeration
INTRODUCTION
As part of daily routine, the laboratory microbiologist
often has to determine the number of bacteria in a
given sample as well as having to compare the amount
of bacterial growth under various conditions.
Enumeration of microorganisms is especially
important in dairy microbiology, food microbiology,
and water microbiology. Knowing the bacterial count
in drinking water, fresh milk, buttermilk, yogurt, can
be useful in many aspects of industrial microbiology.
Bacteria are so small and numerous, counting them
directly can be very difficult. Some of the methods
used involve diluting the sample to a point at which
the number of bacteria has been reduced to very
small numbers. This enables an estimate to be
established for quantifying the bacteria. Direct counts
of bacteria require a dye to be introduced to the
populations of bacteria to allow the observer to view
the bacteria.
VIABLE (STANDARD) PLATE
COUNT
• Viable Plate Count (also called a Standard Plate Count) is one of the most
common methods, for enumeration of bacteria. Serial dilutions of bacteria are
plated onto an agar plate. Dilution procedure influences overall counting process.
The suspension is spread over the surface of growth medium. The plates are
incubated so that colonies are formed. Multiplication of a bacterium on solid
media results in the formation of a macroscopic colony visible to naked eye. It is
assumed that each colony arises from an individual viable cell. Total number of
colonies is counted and this number multiplied by the dilution factor to find out
concentration of cells in the original sample. Counting plates should have 30-300
colonies at least. Since the enumeration of microorganisms involves the use of
extremely small dilutions and extremely large numbers of cells, scientific notation
is routinely used in calculations.
• A major limitation in this method is selectivity. The nature of the growth medium
and the incubation conditions determine which bacteria can grow and thus be
counted. Viable counting measures only those cells that are capable of growth on
the given medium under the set of conditions used for incubation. Sometimes
cells are viable but non-culturable.
VIABLE (STANDARD) PLATE
COUNT
• The number of bacteria in a given sample is usually too great to be counted directly. However, if the
sample is serially diluted and then plated out on an agar surface in such a manner that single isolated
bacteria form visible isolated colonies, the number of colonies can be used as a measure of the number of
viable (living) cells in that known dilution. The viable plate count method is an indirect measurement of
cell density and reveals information related only to live bacteria.
• Normally, the bacterial sample is diluted by factors of 10 and plated on agar. After incubation, the number
of colonies on a dilution plate showing between 30 and 300 colonies is determined. A plate having 30-300
colonies is chosen because this range is considered statistically significant. If there are less than 30 colonies
on the plate, small errors in dilution technique or the presence of a few contaminants will have a drastic
effect on the final count. Likewise, if there are more than 300 colonies on the plate, there will be poor
isolation and colonies will have grown together.
VIABLE (STANDARD) PLATE
COUNT• Generally, one wants to determine the number of
(colony forming units) CFUs per milliliter (ml) of sample.
To find this, the number of colonies (on a plate having
30-300 colonies) is multiplied by the number of times
the original ml of bacteria was diluted (the dilution
factor of the plate counted). For example, if a plate
containing a 1/1,000,000 dilution of the original ml of
sample shows 150 colonies, then 150 represents
1/1,000,000 the number of CFUs present in the original
ml. Therefore the number of CFUs per ml in the original
sample is found by multiplying 150 x 1,000,000 as
shown in the formula below:
CFUs per ml of sample = The number of colonies
counted X The dilution factor of the plate
counted
At the end of the incubation period, select all of the agar plates
containing between 30 and 300 colonies. Plates with more than
300 colonies cannot be counted and are designated "too
numerous to count" (TNTC). Plates with fewer than 30 colonies
are designated "too few to count" (TFTC).
PROCEDURE
VIABLE PLATE COUNT
• We will be testing four samples of water for the Viable Count. The samples
include:
• 1) water from a drinking fountain
2) boiled water from a drinking fountain
3) water from the local river
4) boiled water from the local river
• You will need DATA TABLE 1 to input your data and calculate the number of CFU
per ml.
PROCEDURE
VIABLE PLATE COUNT
1) Take 6 dilution tubes, each containing 9 ml of sterile saline.
2) Dilute 1 ml of a sample by withdrawing 1 ml of the sample and
dispensing this 1 ml into the first dilution tube.
3) Using the same procedure, withdraw 1 ml from the first dilution tube
and dispense into the second dilution tube. Subsequently withdraw 1 ml
from the second dilution tube and dispense into the third dilution tube.
Continue doing this from tube to tube until the dilution is completed.
PROCEDURE
VIABLE PLATE COUNT
4) Transfer 1 ml from each of only the last three dilution
tubes onto the surface of the corresponding agar plates.
5) Incubate the agar plates at 37°C for 48 hours.
6) Choose a plate that appears to have between 30 and
300 colonies.
PROCEDURE
VIABLE PLATE COUNT
7) Count the exact number of colonies on that plate
8) Calculate the number of CFUs per ml of original sample as
follows:
CFUs per ml of sample = The number of colonies X The dilution
factor of the plate counted
DIRECT MICROSCOPIC CELL COUNT
• In the direct microscopic count, a counting chamber with a ruled slide is employed. It is
constructed in such a manner that the ruled lines define a known volume. The number of
bacteria in a small known volume is directly counted microscopically and the number of
bacteria in the larger original sample is determined by extrapolation (estimation).
• The Petroff-Hausser counting chamber for example, has small etched squares 1/20 of a
millimeter (mm) by 1/20 of a mm and is 1/50 of a mm deep. The volume of one small
square therefore is 1/20,000 of a cubic mm or 1/20,000,000 of a cubic centimeter (cc).
There are 16 small squares in the large double-lined squares that are actually counted,
making the volume of a large square 1/1,250,000 cc. The normal procedure is to count the
number of bacteria in five large double-lined squares and divide by five to get the average
number of bacteria per large square. This number is then multiplied by 1,250,000 since
the square holds a volume of 1/1,250,000 cc, to find the total number of organisms per ml
in the original sample.
The procedure
Petroff-Hausser counting chamber
DIRECT MICROSCOPIC CELL COUNT
• If the bacteria are diluted, such as by mixing the
bacteria with dye before being placed in the counting
chamber, then this dilution must also be considered in
the final calculations.
• The formula used for the direct microscopic count is:
# bacteria per cc (ml)
=
The # of bacteria per large double-lined square
X
The dilution factor of the large square (1,250,000)
X
The dilution factor (dye)
PROCEDURE
DIRECT MICROSCOPIC COUNT
You will need DATA TABLE 2 to input your data
and calculate the number of bacteria per ml.
PROCEDURE
DIRECT MICROSCOPIC COUNT
1) Add 1 ml of the sample into a tube containing 1
ml of the dye methylene blue. This gives a 1/2
dilution of the sample.
2) Fill the chamber of a Petroff-Hausser counting
chamber with this 1/2 dilution.
3) Place the chamber on a microscope and focus on
the squares using 400X.
4) Count the number of bacteria in one of the large
double-lined squares. Count all organisms that are
on or within the lines.
PROCEDURE
DIRECT MICROSCOPIC COUNT
5) Calculate the number of bacteria per cc (ml) as follows:
The number of bacteria per cc (ml)
=
The number of bacteria per large square
X
The dilution factor of the large square (1,250,000)
X
The dilution factor of any dilutions made prior to placing the sample
in the counting chamber, such as mixing it with dye (2 in this case)
PROCEDURE
DIRECT MICROSCOPIC COUNT
The large, double-lined square holds a volume
of 1/1,250,000 of a cubic centimeter. Using a
microscope, the bacteria in the large square are
counted. Count all organisms that are on or
within the darker double lines.
TURBIDITY COUNT
• When you mix the bacteria growing in a liquid medium, the culture appears
turbid. This is because a bacterial culture acts as a colloidal suspension that
blocks and reflects light passing through the culture. Within limits, the light
absorbed by the bacterial suspension will be directly proportional to the
concentration of cells in the culture. By measuring the amount of light
absorbed by a bacterial suspension, one can estimate and compare the
number of bacteria present. Spectrophotometric analysis is based on turbidity
and indirectly measures all bacteria (cell biomass), dead and alive.
• The instrument used to measure turbidity is a spectrophotometer. It consists
of a light source, a filter which allows only a single wavelength of light to pass
through, the sample tube containing the bacterial suspension, and a photocell
that compares the amount of light coming through the tube with the total
light entering the tube.
TURBIDITY COUNT
• The ability of the culture to block the light can be
expressed as the amount of light absorbed in the
tube. The absorbance (or optical density) is directly
proportional to the cell concentration. (The greater
the absorbance, the greater the number of
bacteria.) Light entering a cloudy solution will be
absorbed. A clear solution will allow almost all of
the light through.
• The amount of absorbance measures what fraction
of the light passes through a given solution and
indicates on the absorbance display the amount of
light absorbed compared to that absorbed by a
clear solution.
TURBIDITY COUNT
Inside, a light shines through a filter (which
can be adjusted by controlling the
wavelength of light), then through the
sample and onto a light-sensitive
phototube. This produces an electrical
current. The absorbance meter measures
how much light has been blocked by the
sample and thereby prevented from striking
the phototube. A clear tube of water or
other clear solution is the BLANK and has
zero absorbance. The amount of substance
in the solution is directly proportional to the
absorbance reading. A graph of absorbance
vs. concentration will produce a straight
line. As the number of bacteria in a broth
culture increases, the absorbance increases.
•ABSORBANCE VS TRANSMITTANCE
TURBIDITY COUNT
• A standard curve comparing
absorbance to the number of
bacteria can be made by plotting
absorbance versus the number of
bacteria per ml. Once the
standard curve is completed, any
dilution tube of that organism
can be placed in a
spectrophotometer and its
absorbance read. Once the
absorbance is determined, the
standard curve can be used to
determine the corresponding
number of bacteria per ml.
PROCEDURE
TURBIDITY COUNT
• We will be testing only two samples of water for the
turbidity enumeration test. One of the samples has been
drawn from a drinking water faucet while the other was
taken from the local river. You will need DATA TABLE 3
and a printable version of the STANDARD CURVE CHART
to enumerate your samples bacteria.
PROCEDURE
TURBIDITY COUNT
1) Place the ORIGINAL tube of the sample and
four tubes of the sterile broth in a test-tube
rack. Each tube of broth contains 5 ml of sterile
broth.
2) Use four of these tubes (tubes 2 to 5) of
broth to make four serial dilutions of the
culture.
3) Transfer 5ml of the ORIGINAL sample to the
first broth tube. Transfer 5ml from that tube to
the next tube, and so on until the last of the
four tubes has 5ml added to it. These tubes will
be 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and 1/16 dilutions.
PROCEDURE
TURBIDITY COUNT
4) Set the display mode on the Spectrophotometer to
ABSORBANCE by pressing the MODE control key until the
appropriate red LED is lit.
5) Set the wavelength to 520 nm by using the WAVELENGTH
dial.
6) Standardize the spectrophotometer by using a BLANK. The
BLANK used to standardize the machine is sterile nutrient broth:
it is called the BLANK because it has a sample concentration
equal to zero (# of bacteria = 0).
7) Place the original bacterial specimen into the
spectrophotometer.
8) Next insert the 1/2 dilution and read it. Repeat this with the
1/4, 1/8, and 1/16 dilutions.
PROCEDURE
TURBIDITY COUNT
9) Record your values in TABLE 3 for each of the
individual samples, along with the dilutions that
they came from.
10) Using the standard curve table given below,
calculate the number of bacteria per milliliter for
each dilution.
PROCEDURE
TURBIDITY COUNT
**Review the example of absorbance counts acquired
and the determinations of # of bacteria for the dilutions
using the STANDARD CURVE CHART given below. Be
sure to keep track of all of the zeros in your calculations
of the subsequent calculations for average bacteria per
ml.
The End
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Bacteriaenumeration

  • 2. INTRODUCTION As part of daily routine, the laboratory microbiologist often has to determine the number of bacteria in a given sample as well as having to compare the amount of bacterial growth under various conditions. Enumeration of microorganisms is especially important in dairy microbiology, food microbiology, and water microbiology. Knowing the bacterial count in drinking water, fresh milk, buttermilk, yogurt, can be useful in many aspects of industrial microbiology. Bacteria are so small and numerous, counting them directly can be very difficult. Some of the methods used involve diluting the sample to a point at which the number of bacteria has been reduced to very small numbers. This enables an estimate to be established for quantifying the bacteria. Direct counts of bacteria require a dye to be introduced to the populations of bacteria to allow the observer to view the bacteria.
  • 3. VIABLE (STANDARD) PLATE COUNT • Viable Plate Count (also called a Standard Plate Count) is one of the most common methods, for enumeration of bacteria. Serial dilutions of bacteria are plated onto an agar plate. Dilution procedure influences overall counting process. The suspension is spread over the surface of growth medium. The plates are incubated so that colonies are formed. Multiplication of a bacterium on solid media results in the formation of a macroscopic colony visible to naked eye. It is assumed that each colony arises from an individual viable cell. Total number of colonies is counted and this number multiplied by the dilution factor to find out concentration of cells in the original sample. Counting plates should have 30-300 colonies at least. Since the enumeration of microorganisms involves the use of extremely small dilutions and extremely large numbers of cells, scientific notation is routinely used in calculations. • A major limitation in this method is selectivity. The nature of the growth medium and the incubation conditions determine which bacteria can grow and thus be counted. Viable counting measures only those cells that are capable of growth on the given medium under the set of conditions used for incubation. Sometimes cells are viable but non-culturable.
  • 4. VIABLE (STANDARD) PLATE COUNT • The number of bacteria in a given sample is usually too great to be counted directly. However, if the sample is serially diluted and then plated out on an agar surface in such a manner that single isolated bacteria form visible isolated colonies, the number of colonies can be used as a measure of the number of viable (living) cells in that known dilution. The viable plate count method is an indirect measurement of cell density and reveals information related only to live bacteria. • Normally, the bacterial sample is diluted by factors of 10 and plated on agar. After incubation, the number of colonies on a dilution plate showing between 30 and 300 colonies is determined. A plate having 30-300 colonies is chosen because this range is considered statistically significant. If there are less than 30 colonies on the plate, small errors in dilution technique or the presence of a few contaminants will have a drastic effect on the final count. Likewise, if there are more than 300 colonies on the plate, there will be poor isolation and colonies will have grown together.
  • 5. VIABLE (STANDARD) PLATE COUNT• Generally, one wants to determine the number of (colony forming units) CFUs per milliliter (ml) of sample. To find this, the number of colonies (on a plate having 30-300 colonies) is multiplied by the number of times the original ml of bacteria was diluted (the dilution factor of the plate counted). For example, if a plate containing a 1/1,000,000 dilution of the original ml of sample shows 150 colonies, then 150 represents 1/1,000,000 the number of CFUs present in the original ml. Therefore the number of CFUs per ml in the original sample is found by multiplying 150 x 1,000,000 as shown in the formula below: CFUs per ml of sample = The number of colonies counted X The dilution factor of the plate counted At the end of the incubation period, select all of the agar plates containing between 30 and 300 colonies. Plates with more than 300 colonies cannot be counted and are designated "too numerous to count" (TNTC). Plates with fewer than 30 colonies are designated "too few to count" (TFTC).
  • 6. PROCEDURE VIABLE PLATE COUNT • We will be testing four samples of water for the Viable Count. The samples include: • 1) water from a drinking fountain 2) boiled water from a drinking fountain 3) water from the local river 4) boiled water from the local river • You will need DATA TABLE 1 to input your data and calculate the number of CFU per ml.
  • 7. PROCEDURE VIABLE PLATE COUNT 1) Take 6 dilution tubes, each containing 9 ml of sterile saline. 2) Dilute 1 ml of a sample by withdrawing 1 ml of the sample and dispensing this 1 ml into the first dilution tube. 3) Using the same procedure, withdraw 1 ml from the first dilution tube and dispense into the second dilution tube. Subsequently withdraw 1 ml from the second dilution tube and dispense into the third dilution tube. Continue doing this from tube to tube until the dilution is completed.
  • 8. PROCEDURE VIABLE PLATE COUNT 4) Transfer 1 ml from each of only the last three dilution tubes onto the surface of the corresponding agar plates. 5) Incubate the agar plates at 37°C for 48 hours. 6) Choose a plate that appears to have between 30 and 300 colonies.
  • 9. PROCEDURE VIABLE PLATE COUNT 7) Count the exact number of colonies on that plate 8) Calculate the number of CFUs per ml of original sample as follows: CFUs per ml of sample = The number of colonies X The dilution factor of the plate counted
  • 10. DIRECT MICROSCOPIC CELL COUNT • In the direct microscopic count, a counting chamber with a ruled slide is employed. It is constructed in such a manner that the ruled lines define a known volume. The number of bacteria in a small known volume is directly counted microscopically and the number of bacteria in the larger original sample is determined by extrapolation (estimation). • The Petroff-Hausser counting chamber for example, has small etched squares 1/20 of a millimeter (mm) by 1/20 of a mm and is 1/50 of a mm deep. The volume of one small square therefore is 1/20,000 of a cubic mm or 1/20,000,000 of a cubic centimeter (cc). There are 16 small squares in the large double-lined squares that are actually counted, making the volume of a large square 1/1,250,000 cc. The normal procedure is to count the number of bacteria in five large double-lined squares and divide by five to get the average number of bacteria per large square. This number is then multiplied by 1,250,000 since the square holds a volume of 1/1,250,000 cc, to find the total number of organisms per ml in the original sample.
  • 13. DIRECT MICROSCOPIC CELL COUNT • If the bacteria are diluted, such as by mixing the bacteria with dye before being placed in the counting chamber, then this dilution must also be considered in the final calculations. • The formula used for the direct microscopic count is: # bacteria per cc (ml) = The # of bacteria per large double-lined square X The dilution factor of the large square (1,250,000) X The dilution factor (dye)
  • 14. PROCEDURE DIRECT MICROSCOPIC COUNT You will need DATA TABLE 2 to input your data and calculate the number of bacteria per ml.
  • 15. PROCEDURE DIRECT MICROSCOPIC COUNT 1) Add 1 ml of the sample into a tube containing 1 ml of the dye methylene blue. This gives a 1/2 dilution of the sample. 2) Fill the chamber of a Petroff-Hausser counting chamber with this 1/2 dilution. 3) Place the chamber on a microscope and focus on the squares using 400X. 4) Count the number of bacteria in one of the large double-lined squares. Count all organisms that are on or within the lines.
  • 16. PROCEDURE DIRECT MICROSCOPIC COUNT 5) Calculate the number of bacteria per cc (ml) as follows: The number of bacteria per cc (ml) = The number of bacteria per large square X The dilution factor of the large square (1,250,000) X The dilution factor of any dilutions made prior to placing the sample in the counting chamber, such as mixing it with dye (2 in this case)
  • 17. PROCEDURE DIRECT MICROSCOPIC COUNT The large, double-lined square holds a volume of 1/1,250,000 of a cubic centimeter. Using a microscope, the bacteria in the large square are counted. Count all organisms that are on or within the darker double lines.
  • 18. TURBIDITY COUNT • When you mix the bacteria growing in a liquid medium, the culture appears turbid. This is because a bacterial culture acts as a colloidal suspension that blocks and reflects light passing through the culture. Within limits, the light absorbed by the bacterial suspension will be directly proportional to the concentration of cells in the culture. By measuring the amount of light absorbed by a bacterial suspension, one can estimate and compare the number of bacteria present. Spectrophotometric analysis is based on turbidity and indirectly measures all bacteria (cell biomass), dead and alive. • The instrument used to measure turbidity is a spectrophotometer. It consists of a light source, a filter which allows only a single wavelength of light to pass through, the sample tube containing the bacterial suspension, and a photocell that compares the amount of light coming through the tube with the total light entering the tube.
  • 19. TURBIDITY COUNT • The ability of the culture to block the light can be expressed as the amount of light absorbed in the tube. The absorbance (or optical density) is directly proportional to the cell concentration. (The greater the absorbance, the greater the number of bacteria.) Light entering a cloudy solution will be absorbed. A clear solution will allow almost all of the light through. • The amount of absorbance measures what fraction of the light passes through a given solution and indicates on the absorbance display the amount of light absorbed compared to that absorbed by a clear solution.
  • 20. TURBIDITY COUNT Inside, a light shines through a filter (which can be adjusted by controlling the wavelength of light), then through the sample and onto a light-sensitive phototube. This produces an electrical current. The absorbance meter measures how much light has been blocked by the sample and thereby prevented from striking the phototube. A clear tube of water or other clear solution is the BLANK and has zero absorbance. The amount of substance in the solution is directly proportional to the absorbance reading. A graph of absorbance vs. concentration will produce a straight line. As the number of bacteria in a broth culture increases, the absorbance increases. •ABSORBANCE VS TRANSMITTANCE
  • 21. TURBIDITY COUNT • A standard curve comparing absorbance to the number of bacteria can be made by plotting absorbance versus the number of bacteria per ml. Once the standard curve is completed, any dilution tube of that organism can be placed in a spectrophotometer and its absorbance read. Once the absorbance is determined, the standard curve can be used to determine the corresponding number of bacteria per ml.
  • 22. PROCEDURE TURBIDITY COUNT • We will be testing only two samples of water for the turbidity enumeration test. One of the samples has been drawn from a drinking water faucet while the other was taken from the local river. You will need DATA TABLE 3 and a printable version of the STANDARD CURVE CHART to enumerate your samples bacteria.
  • 23.
  • 24. PROCEDURE TURBIDITY COUNT 1) Place the ORIGINAL tube of the sample and four tubes of the sterile broth in a test-tube rack. Each tube of broth contains 5 ml of sterile broth. 2) Use four of these tubes (tubes 2 to 5) of broth to make four serial dilutions of the culture. 3) Transfer 5ml of the ORIGINAL sample to the first broth tube. Transfer 5ml from that tube to the next tube, and so on until the last of the four tubes has 5ml added to it. These tubes will be 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and 1/16 dilutions.
  • 25. PROCEDURE TURBIDITY COUNT 4) Set the display mode on the Spectrophotometer to ABSORBANCE by pressing the MODE control key until the appropriate red LED is lit. 5) Set the wavelength to 520 nm by using the WAVELENGTH dial. 6) Standardize the spectrophotometer by using a BLANK. The BLANK used to standardize the machine is sterile nutrient broth: it is called the BLANK because it has a sample concentration equal to zero (# of bacteria = 0). 7) Place the original bacterial specimen into the spectrophotometer. 8) Next insert the 1/2 dilution and read it. Repeat this with the 1/4, 1/8, and 1/16 dilutions.
  • 26. PROCEDURE TURBIDITY COUNT 9) Record your values in TABLE 3 for each of the individual samples, along with the dilutions that they came from. 10) Using the standard curve table given below, calculate the number of bacteria per milliliter for each dilution.
  • 27. PROCEDURE TURBIDITY COUNT **Review the example of absorbance counts acquired and the determinations of # of bacteria for the dilutions using the STANDARD CURVE CHART given below. Be sure to keep track of all of the zeros in your calculations of the subsequent calculations for average bacteria per ml.
  • 28. The End Big thanks to http://biologyonline.us/Microbiology/Fall %2008%20White%20Earth/Micro%20Lab %20Manual/Lab%206/12.htm