TOMATO JUICE AGAR, SPECIAL

Lactic acid bacteria are acid-tolerant, non-sporulating rods or cocci widely distributed in nature and historically linked to food fermentation. Lactobacilli form the normal flora of the human mouth, intestinal tract and vagina and may therefore be recovered from pathological specimens as contaminants. Tomato juice was included in media for lactobacilli and was found to be advantageous for its growth, particularly Lactobacillus acidophilus.

for the cultivation and enumeration of Lactobacilli from saliva and other acidophilic bacteria