Bacterial Culture

Question 1

List the main culture media and use it for

Answer 1

Non selective 
General propose grows  many bags 
example: nutrient against, blood agar
Selective 
Contains toxic substance only neisseria

Question 2

Types of culture media

Answer 2

Blood agar: hemolysis (alpha, beta, gamma) streptococcus ,pseudomonas
chocolate agar: H. Influenza
Thayer Martin agar : neisseria
Bordet-gengou Agar : classic special media bordetella pertussis
Loeffler’s media: selective media for corynebacterium
Lowenstein-jensen agar: mycobacterium tuberculosis
Eaton’s agar: mycoplasma bacteria has no cell wall
Mac Conkey agar : gram-negative bacteria
sorbitol macconkey agar: detection of E coli
Sabouraud’s agar: selective media for fungi