Multiple choice

Which of the following is the medium used for Vibrio cholera?

  1. Thayer-martin

  2. TCBS medium

  3. Skirrow's medium

  4. Loeffer's

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B Correct answer
Explanation

TCBS agar is the selective medium for Vibrio cholerae, containing sucrose which vibrios ferment (yellow colonies). Thayer-Martin is for Neisseria, Skirrow's for Campylobacter, and Löffler's is for Corynebacterium diphtheriae.