RIPPY CABELLI AGAR BASE

Description

Aeromonas species are natural inhabitants of aquatic environments worldwide. Their populations are seasonal in all natural waters. Aeromonads cause serious diseases of aquatic animals and represent an economic threat to the aquaculture industry. The motile aeromonads have emerged as a serious microbial threat to human populations, especially the immunocompromised. Aeromonads can be enumerated in water samples by employing the membrane filter technique. Rippey-Cabelli (RC) Agar, formulated by Rippey and Cabelli is used for this purpose. The medium is differential as it depends on the ability of organisms to ferment trehalose and selective due to the incorporation of selective agents.