Culture Media Flashcards
Culturing medium that contains nutrients released by the partial digestion of yeast, beef, soy, or other proteins; thus, the exact chemical composition is known
Complex Media
(Synthetic Medium) culturing medium of which the exact chemical composition is known
Defined media
Culturing medium containing substances that either favor the growth of particular microorganisms or inhibit the growth of unwanted ones
Selected Media
Culturing medium formulated such that either the presence of visible changes in the medium or differences in the appearances of colonies help microbiologists differentiate among kinds of bacteria growing in the medium
Differential media
A temporary media
Transport media
Type of differential media that includes alpha, beta, and gamma
Hemolytic
Change conditions to support specific microbe
enrichment