BBL™ Bile Esculin Agar Slants, BD

Supplier: BD

Supplier: BD

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Bile Esculin Agar is used to differentiate enterococci and the Streptococcus bovis group from other streptococci.

Presumptive identification of streptococci
Differentiator medium

Bile Esculin Agar is a medium for the presumptive identification of Enterococcus species and the Streptococcus bovis group of streptococci.

Rochaix noted the value of esculin hydrolysis in the identification of enterococci. Meyer and Schonfeld incorporated bile into the esculin medium and showed that 61 of 62 enterococci were able to grow and split esculin, whereas the other streptococci could not. Swan used an esculin medium containing 40% bile salts and reported that a positive reaction on the bile esculin medium correlated with a serological group D precipitin reaction.

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