Description
Rose Bengal Agar Base is a selective basal medium for isolating and enumerating yeasts and moulds.
Rose bengal inhibits many bacteria, restricts rapidly spreading moulds and stains fungal colonies pink. Chloramphenicol supplement further suppresses accompanying bacterial flora.
Samples or dilutions are inoculated by spread or pour technique and incubated at 25–30°C for two to seven days before yeast and mould colonies are examined or counted.
