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. 2003 Oct;69(10):5787–5792. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.5787-5792.2003

TABLE 1.

Recovery of Yersinia on commercially available selective agar media

Species and strain % Plating efficiency (Mean ± SD) compared to BHIAa
Basal CIN agarb CIN agar MacConkey agar
Y. pestis EV76 108 ± 9 5 ± 2c 38 ± 15c
Y. enterocolitica CDC 497-70 104 ± 12 100 ± 5 98 ± 5
a

CFU were determined after 36 h of incubation at 28°C.

b

Formulation of growth-supportive components of CIN only.

c

Wide range of colony size.