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CHROMagar Enterococcus (CHR), a new chromogenic medium not yet available for commercial purchase, was evaluated for the isolation of Enterococcus from environmental water samples. Its performance was evaluated in comparison to commercially available media, Enterococcosel agar and m-Enterococcus agar. Three consecutive tests were conducted with each test being performed with a newer batch of the CHR medium with improved media composition per batch. The recovery rate, positive predictive value, and sensitivity of the CHR medium improved with the subsequent re-formulation of the media components from 93.9%, 63%, and 92.6%, respectively, with the first batch of CHR, to 96.2%, 97.4%, and 95.7%, respectively, with the newest batch of CHR. The results showed that the newer batches of CHR performed better than the previous versions and are comparable to the other two commercial media tested. The CHR medium has been developed to decrease the turnaround time to approximately 18 h and be read more easily due to bigger colony morphology. The superior growth of colonies on CHR compared with other media in a shorter period of time can aid in the early detection of enterococci and may offer a user-friendly alternative to other media for the isolation of enterococci.
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