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Pca plate count agar
Plate Count Agar (PCA), also called Standard Methods Agar (SMA), is a microbiological growth medium commonly used to assess or to monitor "total" or viable bacterial growth of a sample. PCA is not a selective medium.

The composition of plate count agar may vary, but typically it contains (w/v):



References
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