Mannitol salt agar (MSA) only allows the growth of halophiles (salt-loving microbes) .Among the halophiles,mannitol fermenters release acid that turns the pH indicator yellow; mannitol nonfermenters leave the medium red.Onto MSA you inoculate a halophilic mannitol nonfermenter and a nonhalophilic mannitol nonfermenter.Here the medium acts as a __________ medium.
A) selective
B) differential
C) selective and differential
D) enrichment
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