Name : XLD MEDIUM
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Description : Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate Medium is a selective and differential medium for the isolation and presumptive identification of Salmonella Shigella species. Differentiation is based on Xylose fermentation, Lysine DeCarboxylation and production of Hydrogen Sulphide. Salmonella species generally appear as red colonies with black centres, Shigella as red colonies without black centers and other Enterobacteriacae as yellow colonies.

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