Agar and Organism Flashcards
Bile esculin agar
Enterococcus
Blood agar: α-hemolytic
Strep. Pneumo, Viridans Strep, Enterococcus
Blood agar: β-hemolytic
Ton’s of things: S. aureus, S. pyogenes, S. agalactia, Staph lugdunensis(coagulase negative and B-hemolytic makes it unique)
Blood agar: γ-hemolytic
Enterococcus
Blood agar: CAMP positive
Strep. Agalactiae, Listeria
Bordet-Gengou agar
B. pertussis
Buffered charcoal yeast extract agar
Legionella
Chocolate agar – with factors V and X
H. influenza
Chocolate agar – with factors X only
H. ducreyi
Lowenstein-Jensen agar
M. tuberculosis
MacConkey agar
E. coli and K. pneumonia
Regan-Lowe media
B. pertussis
Sabouraud dextrose agar
Fungi
Sorbitol MacConkey agar
All E.coli, except EHEC can’t ferment sorbitol
Thayer-Martin agar
N. gonorrhoeae or meningitides