UREA BROTH (UREA BROTH MEDIUM) (as per IP)

Urea Broth Medium was developed by Rustigian and Stuart. This medium is especially recommended by Indian Pharmacopoeia for the differentiation of Proteus species from Salmonella and Shigella species in the enteric infection diagnosis, based on urea utilization. It is also recommended for microbial limit tests. Other Gram-negative enteric bacilli are unable to utilize urea and fails to grow because of reduced availability of other nutrients.

for identi?cation of bacteria on the basis of urea utilization, especially for the di?erentiation of Proteus, Salmonella and Shigella species