SALINE NUTRIENT AGAR FOR VIBRIO (ISO 21872-1-2017)

Description

Vibrio’s are fairly easy to isolate from both clinical and environmental materials, though some species may require growth factors and /or vitamins. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of bacterial diarrhea associated with the consumption of contaminated food products. Media can be made selective for Vibrio’s by adding appropriate selective agents. This medium is recommended by ISO to isolate Vibrio species from food, animal feeding stuff and environmental samples from areas in food production and food handling. Vibrio cholerae is a non-halophilic Vibrio, which cannot grow in media with a concentration of sodium chloride greater than 5-6% and is able to grow in media lacking NaCl.