Mueller Hinton Broth: Cation-adjusted or Not?

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Alaa Kareem Niamah

Dear

Mueller Hinton Broth or agar is general media growth and using for bacteria but for molds or yeasts uses potato dextrose broth or agar , in sometime to use the glucose -yeast extract agar or broth for yeasts

Nirvana Jaganath

Thanks for the answers. Should I use a cation adjusted version or the type that has not been adjusted for the Salmonella and E.coli?