METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND CULTURING MICROORGANISMS

摘要

A culture system for microorganisms comprises a flexible pouch (12) having at least a first (6) and second (18) chamber for containing a culture medium (22). Biological specimen is first dispersed in a limited amount of the culture medium (22'') present in the first chamber. The newly-collected specimen may by immediately viewed under the microscope for the presence of the target microorganism. The inoculated portion of the culture medium (22'') may then be transferred to the second chamber (18) for culturing of the microorganism over time. Such subsequent culturing is particularly useful for allowing the target microorganism to proliferate to a visually detectable level.