Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate Agar is a differential, selective medium for the isolation and presumptive identification of enteric pathogens especially Salmonella and Shigella.
XLD medium was originally formulated by Taylor for the isolation and identification of enteric pathogens especially Shigella.
It includes Sodium Desoxycholate which is inhibitory to Gram positive organisms and reduces the swarming of proteus spp.
XLD utilises three reactions xylose fermentation, lysine decarboxylation and production of hydrogen sulfide.
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potassium Tellurite
Amyl Freeze Dried Rabbit Plasma, SP 466, is suitable for use in the Coagulase Test for the differentiation of Staphylococcus aureus in humans from other strains of staphylococci.
NOTE: DISCONTINUED INDEFINITELY
As natural water often contains low nutrient levels, many bacteria grow best on media with low nutrient levels.
