m-Enterococcus Agar

m-Enterococcus Agar is used for the selective isolation and enumeration of enterococci by membrane filtration.m-Enterococcus Agar is recommended for the detection of fecal streptococci using the membrane filtration technique for water testing.The food industry also has applications for testing enterococci using m-Enterococcus Agar.
m-Enterococcus Agar  is an improved agar which was found to be superior in the isolation, selectivity and enumeration of enterococci found in heavily polluted waters. Using m-Enterococcus Agar, higher counts for enterococci were obtained when compared to the standard MPN procedures. The addition of 0.2% sodium carbonate and 0.05% Tween 80 to this medium gave better results than 15 other culture media used for the direct plating of Enterococcus.