Improved culture enrichment broth for isolation of Arcobacter-like species from the marine environment

Arcobacter -like species are found associated with many matrices, including shellfish in marine environments. The culture media and conditions play a major role in the recovery of new Arcobacter -like species. This study was aimed to develop a culture media for isolation and enhanced growth of Arcobacter- like spp. from marine and shellfish matrices . For this purpose, 14 different Arcobacter -like spp . mostly isolated from shellfish, were grown in 24 different formulations of enrichment broths. The enrichment broths consisted of five main groups based on the organic contents (fresh oyster homogenate, lyophilized oyster either alone or in combination with other standard media), combined with artificial seawater (ASW) or 2.5% NaCl. Optical density (OD 420nm ) measurements after every 24 h were compared with the growth in control media (Arcobacter broth) in parallel. The mean and standard deviation were calculated for each species in each broth and statistical differences ( p