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Table 1 Media used in this study

From: The Microfloral Analysis of Secondary Caries Biofilm around Class I and Class II Composite and Amalgam Fillings

Media

Application

Tryptic Soy Agar plate (TSA)

universal for aerobic bacteria

Mitis-Salivarius Bacitracin agar (MSB)

Oral streptococci-selective

Cadmium fluoride acriflavin tellurite (CFAT)

Actinomyces-selective

L-Rogosa selective blood agar plate

Lactobacilli-selective

Anaerobic CDC blood agar plate

universal for obligative anaerobic bacteria

kanamycin-vancomycin laked blood plate (KVLB)

Porphyromonas-selective

V-Rogosa blood agar plate

Veillonella-selective

FS blood agar plate

Fusobacterium-selective

PS blood agar plate

Peptostreptococcus-selective