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organism is by anaerobic cultivation of food exist, such as S. pullorum and S. gallinarum.
using differential anaerobic agar, such as The organism is heat sensitive but can toler-
tryptose sulfite cycloserine agar. C. perfrin- ate a variety of chemicals, such as brilliant
gens forms black colonies in this agar green, sodium lauryl sulfite, selenite, and
medium. Immunologic methods such as tetrathionate. These compounds have been
reverse-passive agglutination assay and used for the selective isolation of this organ-
ELISA test have been developed to detect the ism from food and water. To confirm the
CPE in food, culture fluid, and feces. isolate as Salmonella, one must perform
Recently, in the State of Hawaii, there has serologic tests using polyvalent anti-O anti-
been interest in using C. perfringens as the serum (against cell surface antigens) or