Mannitol-salt

Question 1

Mannitol-salt is a… medium?

Answer 1

selective and differential

Question 2

what does it have?

Answer 2

high concentration of NaCl

Question 3

What kind of bacterias does it inhibits?

Answer 3

Most Gram and many Gram+

Question 4

its mostly used for?

Answer 4

isolation or detection of Staphylococcus

Question 5

those who can ferment the manitol?

Answer 5

turn yellow

Question 6

those who can’t ferment the mannitol?

Answer 6

stay pink

Question 7

so staphylococcus aureus turn the medium yellow meaning?

Answer 7

means they are mannitol positive

Question 8

Why count bacteria-measure growth?

Answer 8

• Evaluate contamination of food,
• Evaluate the efficiency of antimicrobial agents.
• Study microbial populations from different ecosystems.