General Gram-Negative & Enteric Media

Bacteroides Bile Esculiun (BBE)

Selective and differential media. Selective for Bacteroides. Used to differentiate bile resistant from bile sensitive Bacteroides

Brilliant Green Bile Agar

Isolation, differentiation and enumerating coliform bacteria

Desoxycholate Agar

Differential medium for gram negative enteric bacilli

Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB)

Isolation & differentiation of lactose fermenting & non-lactose fermenting enteric bacilli

Gram Negative Broth (GN)

Selective enrichment (liquid) medium for enteric pathogens Salmonella and Shigella

Hektoen-Enteric (HEA)

Differential, selective media for the isolation and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella spp. from other enteric bacilli

Lactose Broth

Detection for the presence of coliform organisms

Mac Conkey Agar

Peptone base media with lactose. Used for the isolation and differentiation of lactose and non-lactose fermenting enteric bacilli

Mac Conkey Sorbitol Agar

A modified Mac Conkey that contains D-sorbitol instead of lactose as primary carbohydrate. For the selection and differentiation of E. coli O157:H7 in stool specimens

Malonate Broth

Used to differentiate Enterobacter from Escherichia

Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate Agar (XLD)

Isolation and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella spp. from other enteric bacilli