Culter Media Flashcards
Blood agar (R.M)
Most bacteria determine Hemolytic Reaction
Chocolate agar (R.M)
Haemophilus and nesisseria sp Enriched with hemoglobin or isovitalle X
Phenylethyl alcohol agar (PEA) (R.M)
Select for gram positive cocci and Anaerobic gram negative bacilli
Thayer Martin agar (R.M)
N.gonorrhoeae and N.meningitidis
CAMPY blood agar (R.M)
Campylobacter sp
Thioglycolate broth (R.M)
Back up for anaerobes
Lowenstein Jensen agar (R.M)
Mycobacterium sp
Middlebrook7H10 agar (R.M)
Mycobacterium sp
Petragnani agar (R.M)
Mycobacterium sp
Bactericides bile Esculin agar (BBE) anaerobic media
Select for B.fragilis group (black colonies)
Kanamycin vancomycin laked blood (KVLB) anaerobic media
Bacteroides sp (Enhances pigment production)
Cycloserine- cefoxitin fructose agar. (CCFA). anaerobic media
C.difficile
CDC anaerobic blood agar anaerobic media
Anaerobes (Enriched with Hemin,cystine,and vitamin K)
Cooked or chopped meat medium. anaerobic media.
Anaerobes
Columbia colistin- Nalidixic Acid (CNA). (R.M)
Select for gram positive cocci
Cold Enrichment
Listeria monocytogenes and yersinia
Bordet-Gengou Agar. Special media
B.pertussis
Buffered charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE). Special media
Legionella sp
Cystine- Glucose agar Special media
F.tularensis
Fletchers medium. Special media
Leptospira
Skirrow agar. Special media
Helicobacter pylori
Thiosulfate citrate -Bile salts (TCBS). Special media
Vibrio sp
Vaginalis agar (V-agar) (human blood). Special media
Gardnerella vaginalis
Cystine- Tellurite Blood (Tinsdale). Special media
C.diphtheria (black colonies)
Loefflers medium. Special media
C.diphtheriae ( Enhances grouping and metachromatic granules)
Umbrella growth in motility agar SIM
Listeria monocytogenes