Culture Media Flashcards
Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol (PEA)
Gram (+) bacteria
Columbia Colistin-Nalidic Acid (CNA)
Gram (+) bacteria
GC Agar
Gram (-) cocci
Gentamicin BAP
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Bacitracin CAP
Haemophilus influenzae
Cystine Blood Glucose Agar
Francisella tularensis
Cystine Tellurite Blood Agar
C. diptheriae
Tinsdale with Potassium Tellurite
C. diptheriae
Cystine Trypticase Agar
Neisseria (confirmatory)
Charcoal Cephalexin Blood Agar
Bordetella pertusis
Bufferd Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE)
Leigonella pneumophila
McCoy medium
Chlamydia trachomatis
TSB
Brucella spp
Potato Blood Glycerol Agar
Bordetella pertusis
(CLED) Cysteine Lactose Electrolyte Deficient
UTI bacteria (inhibit Proteus swarm)
Bile Esculin Agar
Group D strep
Granada
Group B strep
Cetrimide Agar
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Lysogeny broth
Shigella and E. coli
SMAC
E. coli 0157:H7
SSA
Salmonella and Shigella
Onoz Agar
Salmonella and Shigella
Leifson Agar
Salmonella and Shigella
Hektoen Agar
Salmonella and Shigella
Alkaline Peptone Broth
Vibrio
Bismuth Sulfite Agar
Selective media for Salmonella
Bordet Gengou Agar
Bordetella pertussis
Brilliant Green Agar
Selective media for Salmonella
Blood Cystine Dextrose Agar
Francisella tularensis
Campy-blood agar
Campylobacter
CDC anaerobe 5% sheep blood agar
Obligate, slow growing anaerobe
Cefoperazone Vancomycin Amohotericin Agar
Campylobacter spp.
Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin Agar (CIN)
Y. enterocolitica and Aeromonas
Chick embryo
Chlamydia and Rickettsia
Chocolate Agar
Neisseria and Haemophilus
Chocolate Agar with Horse Blood
Haemophilus
Chromogenic media
MRSA and Fungi
Columbia Colistin-Nalidixic Agar (CNA)
Selective media for gram (+) cocci
Cyclosporine Cefoxitin Fructose Agar (CCFA)
C. difficile
Czapek Agar
Fungi, Nocardia asteroides
Dorset egg medium
M. tuberculosis
N. asteroides
Desoxycholate Citrate Agar
Salmonella and Shigella (stool)
Dieudonne’s Medium
Vibrio cholerae
Dubos oleic agar
M. tuberculosis
Edward hayflick agar
Mycoplasma
Eosin-methylene blue (EMB) - Levine medium
Differential media for LF and NLF
Ellinghausen, McCullough, Johnson and Harris Medium (EMJH)
Leptospira interrogans
Fletcher’s semi solid medium
Leptospira
Fetal bovine serum agar with Vancomycin
Haemophilus ducreyi
Foot pads of mice
M. leprae
Human Blood Bilayer Tween Medium
G. vaginalis
Kanamycin-Vancomycin Blood Agar (KVBA)
Bacteroides
Kelly’s medium
Borrelia burgdorferi
Loeffler’s Blood Serum Medium
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Lombard Dowell Medium
Anaerobic organisms
Lowensteim Jensen (LJ) Agar
Mycobacteria
Lysine Iron Agar
Enterobacteriaciae
Litmus milk media
Clostridium spp
Mac Conkey Agar
Differential medium for LF and NLF
Mac Conkey Agar with Sorbitol
E. coli 01574H7 in fecal specimen
Mannitol Salt Agar
S. aureus
Mc Bride Medium
Listeria monocytogenes
Middlebrook 7H10
Mycobacteria
Martin Lewis Agar
Neisseria gonorrheae
Mueller Hinton Agar
AST
Methylene Blue Milk
Enterococci
NYC agar
Neisseria gonorrheae
Petragnani Medium
Mycobacteria
PEA medium
Gram + bacteria
Rabbit blood agar with yeast extract
H. influenzae
Regan Lowe
Bordetella pertussis
SSA
Salmonella and Shigella
Seller’s Agar
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Selenite broth
Enrichment medium for Salmonella spp.
Schaedler Agar
Nonselective medium for aerobes and anaerobes; selective for Campylobacter and Helicobacter
Skirrow Agar
Campylobacter
Tetrathionate Broth
Salmonella and Shigella
Thayer Martin Agar
N. gonorrheae
N. meningitidis
Thioglycollate
Aerobes and Anaerobes
Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salt Sucrose Agar (TCBS)
Vibrio
Tinsdale Agar
C. diphtheriae
Todd-Hewitt Broth
S. agalactiae
Trypticase Soy Broth
Blood culture bottle base
Tyrosine Agar
Aerobic Actinomycetes
Tween-80 albumin broth
Spirochetes
Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate (XLD) Agar
Salmonella and Shigella