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Abstract: The value of media used to enumerate xerophilic fungi in foods is often limited due to overgrowth of slow-growing strains with colonies of Eurotium species. In an attempt to develop a medium which would minimize this problem, NaCl, glycerol and sorbitol were evaluated as solutes to control spreading of colonies of four strains of Eurotium amstelodami on dichloran rose bengal chloramphenicol (DRBC) agar. Recovery of heat-stressed conidia of two strains was enhanced in DRBC agar containing 12% (aw 0