SM Selective Agar Base is used for the isolation and cultivation of Pseudomonas solanacearum. The dye 2, 3, 5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) is used as indicator of oxidation-reduction state of the medium. P. solanacearum being highly oxidative, its colony takes up the pink colour of the oxidized dye.
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