CULTURE MEDIA Flashcards
- no agar
- BHIB, THIO broth, TSB
Liquid
- 0.5-1% agar
- SIM
Semi solid
2-3% agar, TSI, MAC, CHOCH
Solid
for research, all content is know
synthetic/defined
has some unknown content, nutrient broth, MAC
Nonsynthetic/complex
best tissue culture for Chlamydia
McCoy
routinely used, without special supplement for non fastidious organisms (Nutrient Agar, Trypticase Soy Agar)
simple/general purpose/nutritive
grow certain group with supplement while suppressing other flora (APW, Selenite F, BCYE, THIO, LIM)
enrichment broth
enrichment media for Vibrio
APW
for fastidious organisms (BAP, CAP)
enriched media
visualizes metabolic differences of bacteria (MAC, BAP, EMB, HEA)
differential media
with inhibitors, grows specific group of bacteria (HEA, MAC, XLD, MSA)
selective media
isolate bacteria with specific requirement (LJ, TCBS, Cysteine agar)
Special media
Fungi
SDA
BCYE
Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract
all are alkanophilic, not all are haemophilic
Vibrio spp.