Bile Salts Brilliant Green Starch Agar is recommended for the selective isolation and identification of Aeromonas hydrophila from food and environmental specimens as per APHA. This medium is recommended by APHA and employs starch hydrolysis as the differential system and bile salts and brilliant green as inhibitory substances for the selective isolation and identification of Aeromonas hydrophila from food and environmental specimens.
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