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Explain the significance of snyder agar medium and its differential nature as a means to detect dental caries

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Snyder agar medium has bromocresol green, a color indicator that will have a different color in acid pH. If there are any bacteria that could ferment the glucose like lactobacilli, the pH of the agar will become acid. Acid pH will cause the agar color change from green to yellow.

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