Target microorganism

Agar

Incubation condition

Method

Aerobic plate count

Pour plate methods in a Plate count agar (AOAC 966.23)

37˚C/48 h

[39]

Total Coliforms

Pour plate method in a Plate count agar (ISO 9308-1:2014)

37˚C/48 h

[40]

Escherichia coli

Pour plate method in a MacConkey agar

44.5˚C/24 h

[41]

Yeast/mould

Spread plate method in a Rose Bengal Chloramphenicol Agar

22˚C/7 days

[42]

Aspergillus fungi

Sabouraud Dextrose Agar chloramphenicol powder as anti-bacterial growth inhibitor

25˚C/5 - 7 days

[43]

Salmonella and Shigella

Xylose lysine desoxycholate agar with Rappaport-Vassiliadis Soy Peptone Broth

37˚C/18 h

[44]

Staphylococcus aureus

Mannitol Salt Agar (Oxoid), gram staining, coagulase test

32˚C/48 h

[45]