%0 Journal Article %A Holbrook, W. P. %A Ogston, S. A. %A Ross, P. W. %T A method for the isolation of Bacteroides melaninogenicus from the human mouth %D 1978 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 11 %N 2 %P 203-207 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-11-2-203 %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY Isolation procedures involving the direct plating of specimens and the use of selective, non-selective, transport and enrichment media were compared in respect of their value for the recovery of Bacteroides melaninogenicus from the gingival sulcus. A selective medium containing kanamycin and vancomycin enhanced the recovery rate of B. melaninogenicus. VMGII transport medium was convenient to use and gave as good a recovery rate as that obtained with plates directly inoculated in the clinic. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-11-2-203