VRDBA, VRDB Agar, or Violet Red Bile Dextrose Agar, is a microbiological
growth medium
A growth medium or culture medium is a solid, liquid, or semi-solid designed to support the growth of a population of microorganisms or cells via the process of cell proliferation or small plants like the moss ''Physcomitrella patens''. Differen ...
.
It can be used in
agar plates to monitor or assess bacterial growth in the laboratory, particularly the growth of
Enterobacteriaceae
Enterobacteriaceae is a large family (biology), family of Gram-negative bacteria. It was first proposed by Rahn in 1936, and now includes over 30 genera and more than 100 species. Its classification above the level of family is still a subject ...
, for which it is selective.
References
Microbiological media
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