SALINE AGAR

A heat-labile enterotoxin produced only by sporulating cells induces the major symptoms of diarrhea in perfringens poisoning. The enterotoxin appears to be released in vivo in the intestine by the sporulating organisms. Hence alpha toxin can be used as an index for detecting the presence of Clostridium perfringens in food. However, the viability of C. perfringens cells are lost if the suspected food samples are frozen.

for alpha-toxin detection in Clostridium perfringens

Clostridium perfringens

Food & Beverages

500 gm