Isolation and Enumeration of Yeasts and Molds in Foods and Beverages: Selectively recovers fungi for CFU counts in produce, juices, dairy, and baked goods.

Quality Control in Dairy and Fermented Products: Detects spoilage yeasts and molds during production and shelf-life testing.

Brewery and Winery Microbiological QC: Monitors wild yeasts and molds in beer, wine, and cider processing environments.

Cosmetics and Personal Care Product Testing: Screens creams, lotions, and rinsables for fungal contamination.

Environmental Monitoring (Air and Surfaces): Captures airborne spores and surface contaminants in cleanrooms and production areas.

Water and Utility Testing: Detects fungi in process water, cooling towers, and rinse waters.

Clinical and Veterinary Mycology (Non-diagnostic Research): Cultures environmental and commensal fungi for studies and method development.

Teaching and General Mycology Culture Work: Maintains and demonstrates fungal growth characteristics in academic labs.

Recovery from Bacteria-Rich Samples: Chlortetracycline (35 µg/mL) suppresses Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Bacillus subtilis to favor fungal growth.

Accurate Colony Enumeration: Rose Bengal (35 mg/L) restricts fungal colony size to prevent overgrowth, enabling reliable counting on 100 mm sterile plates.