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1 Why is mannitol salt agar considered a selective as well as a differential media?
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The mannitol salt agar (MSA) is used as a selective media because it select the bacteria which could live in specific conditions. For example, Staphylococcus species could survive in high salt concentration and MSA will act as a selective media to select these bacteria.

On the other hand, MSA is also a differential media as it allow the growth of both gram positive as well as gram negative bacteria.

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