Comments on: What media could you use to isolate Staphylococcus and why is this medium selective? http://promoonlympe.com/media/what-media-could-you-use-to-isolate-staphylococcus-and-why-is-this-medium-selective Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:45:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Bram Fronik http://promoonlympe.com/media/what-media-could-you-use-to-isolate-staphylococcus-and-why-is-this-medium-selective/comment-page-1#comment-2183 Bram Fronik Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:38:59 +0000 http://promoonlympe.com/media/what-media-could-you-use-to-isolate-staphylococcus-and-why-is-this-medium-selective#comment-2183 MRS-medium Mannitol Salt Agar Salt (7,5%) will be the selective component in this medium. Staphylococcus is one of the few micro organisms who can tolerate such high levels of salt. Mannitol will be the elective coponent, as only staphylococcus aureus can use it, and will cause a shift in the pH, turning an indicator from red to yellow<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.microbelibrary.org/Culture%20Media/details.asp?id=2315&Lang= http://biosci.usc.edu/courses/2002-fall/documents/bisc300-lab_media.pdf MRS-medium
Mannitol Salt Agar

Salt (7,5%) will be the selective component in this medium. Staphylococcus is one of the few micro organisms who can tolerate such high levels of salt.

Mannitol will be the elective coponent, as only staphylococcus aureus can use it, and will cause a shift in the pH, turning an indicator from red to yellow
References :
http://www.microbelibrary.org/Culture%20Media/details.asp?id=2315&Lang=

http://biosci.usc.edu/courses/2002-fall/documents/bisc300-lab_media.pdf

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