MacConkey Agar Archives - Microbe Notes

Sorbitol MacConkey Agar

January 7, 2020July 22, 2019 by Sagar Aryal

Introduction MacConkey Sorbitol Agar is based on the formulation described by Rappaport and Henigh. It is selective and differential media for the detection of sorbitol-nonfermenting Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 associated with hemorrhagic colitis. E. coli serotype O157:H7 is a human … Read more

MacConkey Agar

February 4, 2021September 18, 2018 by Sagar Aryal

MacConkey agar was the first solid differential media to be formulated which was developed at 20th century by Alfred Theodore MacConkey. MacConkey Agar is the earliest selective and differential medium for cultivation of coliform organisms. It is used for the isolation and differentiation … Read more