Selecting for Streptococcus pneumoniae against Enterococci - (Apr/17/2009 )

Hi all

I am trying to plate some Strep pneumo from a culture which is composed mostly of Enterococci. Sources say that adding gentamicin can select for Strep pneumo however I am not sure if this does anything to Enterococci. Is there a way where these two groups of the same species can be separated?

Thanks so much

LabNerd

LabNerd on Apr 17 2009, 04:06 AM said:

They're not the same species.

I think neomycin muight work - but recall some of the enterococci (vancomycin resistant?) were also resistant to neomycin.