Bi.G.G.Y Agar Plate (Nickerson Agar Plate)

This medium is recommended for detection, selective isolation, differentiation and presumptive identification of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis. Bismuth ammonium citrate and sodium sulphite together act as selective agents for Candida species suppressing bacterial growth, at the same time indicating substrate reduction to yield bismuth sulphite which helps to presumptively identify Candida species.