How can we selectively enumerate Lactobocillus plantarum in a medium containing Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus acidophilus?

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Alaa Kareem Niamah

You can anther selective media I sent you two paper about this subject

Mona Mahmoud

Thanks a lot, Dr. Michael

Mohamed El-ssayad

Try to reconstitute MRS considering the sugar type that can be utilized by L. plantarum, while L. acidophilus cannot utilize it.

Babar Hilal Ahmad Abbasi

Grateful, I got valuable information too