Method for determining the viable bacteria count of food and a medium for accomplishing the method

摘要

A method of determining the viable bacterial count of food which comprises incubating said food in a liquified agar medium which contains from 0.005 to 0.1 gram per liter of said liquified agar medium 2, 3, 5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride as an inhibitor of bacteria colony spreading, and counting the bacteria colonies.