Himedia Lachica’s Medium Base

Lachica’s Medium Base

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Lachica’s Medium Base is used for isolation and cultivation of Aeromonas hydrophila from food stored under different temperature conditions as per APHA. This medium is used for the isolation and cultivation of Aeromonas hydrophilla. This medium is a modification of SA Agar as per Lachica, formulated by Palumbo et al, and found to be useful in studying A. hydrophilla in foods held under different temperature conditions. A. hydrophila colonies are surrounded by a light halo on blue background and the external addition of iodine to the plate is not necessary.