Bile esculin agar

• Culture medium primarily used to grow Enterococcus
• Species that grow on bile esculin include:
  • Enterococcus
  • Streptococcus bovis
  • Streptococcus urinalis
  • Lactococcus
  • Globicatella sanguinis
  • Vagococcus
  • Weissella confusa
• Species that have variable growth on bile esculin include:
  • Leuconostoc
  • Streptococcus
  • Lactobacillus
  • Aerococcus viridans (but not Aerococcus urinae)