MacCONKEY AGAR (W/ SODIUM TAUROCHOLATE W/O CV & NaCl.) (VEG.)

Description

MacConkey Veg Agar is the modification of MacConkey Agar prepared as per Medical Microbiology by Cruickshank et al. It is a differential medium which restricts the swarming of most Proteus species thereby permitting greater ease in the detection and isolation of enteric organisms. It is especially useful for culturing urine specimens which may contain large number of Proteus species as well as potentially pathogenic gram-positive organisms. Enterococci produce compact tiny reddish colonies either on or beneath the surface.