V8 Juice Agar is recommended for cultivation of yeasts and moulds. The vegetable juices provide the necessary trace ingredients required to stimulate fungal growth. Yeast extract provides essential growth nutrients. L-Asparagine serves as the amino acid source and glucose as the carbohydrate source for the growth of yeasts and moulds. V-8 juice is blend of 8 vegetable juices, which supplies the trace ingredients to stimulate the growth of fungi. The acidic pH of the medium favors fungal growth and suppresses bacterial growth.
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