Product category:
Microbiology
News Release from: Oxoid | Subject: XLT-4
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 25 October 2005
Selective medium improves detection of
salmonella
Presence of a selective agent in this agar inhibits many organisms that can be problematic on other plating media, reducing need for further identification procedures and giving fewer false positives
Oxoid has introduced a new, highly selective culture medium to the Oxoid range of products for the detection of salmonella species Oxoid Xylose Lactose Tergitol 4 (XLT-4) agar is said to be ideal for the isolation and identification of salmonellae from food and environmental samples
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 14 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Medium for improved detection of salmonella
Oxoid has introduced a new, highly selective culture medium to the Oxoid range of products for the detection of Salmonella species
The detection of salmonella species is often complicated by the presence of background flora and other enterobacteriaceae on an agar plate.
The presence of the selective agent, Tergitol 4, in XLT-4 agar inhibits many organisms that can be problematic on other plating media.
In addition, biochemical and pH changes within the medium allow salmonella spp (black colonies) to be differentiated from organisms, such as E coli (yellow colonies) and Shigella spp (red colonies).
The enhanced selectivity of XLT-4 agar reduces the need for further identification procedures, saving time and money, and results in fewer false presumptive positive colonies when compared to other salmonella plating media. Request a free brochure from Oxoid ...
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