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Tag: Enrichment Media

link to Selenite broth: Composition, Preparation Uses

Selenite broth: Composition, Preparation Uses

Selenite broth is used as an enrichment medium for the isolation of Salmonella and Shigella from stool, urine, water and food products. It is the most widely used enrichment medium to isolate...

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Thioglycollate broth: Composition, Principle, and Uses

Thioglycollate broth is the enrichment broth most frequently used in diagnostic bacteriology. This broth supports the growth of anaerobes, aerobes, microaerophilic, and fastidious microorganisms....

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link to Alkaline Peptone Water (APW): Composition, Preparation, and Uses

Alkaline Peptone Water (APW): Composition, Preparation, and Uses

Alkaline peptone water (APW) is recommended as an enrichment broth for isolating Vibrio cholerae from clinical and non-clinical samples (suspected food & water samples). Many broth media have...

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link to Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE) Agar

Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE) Agar

Buffered charcoal yeast extract agar (BCYE) was developed by Feeley et al and then further modified by Edelstein for selective cultivation of Legionella species. BCYE agar is an enrichment medium...

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