eosin methylene blue for the confirmatory test, and lactose broth and agar slants for the completed test. In this procedure, as practiced in our laboratory, we discarded as negative at each step all ...

If the test is positive, the confirmed test is performed. The confirmed test involves taking a sample from a positive lactose broth tube and streaking it onto Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB) agar. The ...

Glucose Salts Agar (GSA ... components are the eosin and methylene blue dyes that inhibit the growth of Gram-positive bacteria and permit the growth of Gram-negative enteric rods. The differential ...