Many selective agar plates are available for Salmonella; MacConkey agar has low selectivity, whereas xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) agar or Hektoen enteric agar have higher selectivity.

It’s often a challenge to identify Salmonella species in samples heavily contaminated with competing microbiological flora, so Lab M has added new Xylose Lysine Tergitol-4 (XLT4) Agar to its extensive ...