title: Media for Salmonella.
abstract: The main categories of selective plating media are reviewed. The selective enrichment media are considered to be of critical importance in salmonella isolation. During the last 10 years Rappaport-Vassiliadis broth has emerged as a new reliable enrichment medium. Likewise motility enrichment is a very promising technique, but will no doubt have its limitations. However, since it is based on a different principle compared with traditional enrichment, it may complement traditional techniques in a useful way. Most important, however, is the insight that the selectivity of a selective procedure is not solely defined by the medium and by incubation conditions. The food sample and its microflora apparently influences the result considerably. This finding may open a new and fascinating field of scientific research; the ecology of selective media.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie, Forschungszentrum für Lebensmittel und Milch Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Busse
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media