Brilliant Green, Phenol Red, Lactose Monohydrate, Sucrose Agar is used as a primary plating medium for isolation of Salmonella species. Brilliant green agar is also recommended by APHA FDA. This medium is employed in testing clinical specimens. Heavy inocula and heavily contaminated samples can be analyzed due to the outstanding selectivity of this medium. Brilliant Green Agar is used in the microbial limits test and with novobiocin for testing food samples.