Culture Media and its Purpose Flashcards
Culture media for Enterococci and Group D streptococci
Bile Esculin Agar
Selective media for Salmonella (stool)
Bismuth Sulfite Agar
Culture media for the Differentiation of Hemolytic Patterns and for Fastidious Organisms
Blood Agar
Culture media for Bordetella pertussis
Bordet Gengou Agar
Selective media for Salmonella
Brilliant Green Agar
Culture media for Francisella tularensis
Blood Cystine Dextrose Agar
Culture media for Legionella spp.
Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE)
Culture media for Campylobacter spp.
Campy-blood agar
Cefoperazone Vancomycin Amphotericin Agar
Skirrow Agar
Selective holding medium for Campylobacter for cold enrichment technique
Campy-thioglycollate broth
Culture media for obligate, slow-growing anaerobe
CDC anaerobe 5% sheep blood agar
Culture media for Yersinia enterocolitoca and Aeromonas
Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin Agar (CIN)
Culture media for Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimide Agar
Seller’s Agar
Culture media for Chlamydia and Rickettsia
Chick embryo
Culture media for Neisseria and Haemophilus
Chocolate Agar
Culture media for Haemophilus spp.
Chocolate Agar with horse blood
Culture media for MRSA and fungi
Chromogenic media
Selective media for Gram-positive cocci
Columbia Colistin-Nalidixic Agar (CNA)
Culture media for Corynebacterium diptheriae
Cystine Tellurite Blood Agar
Culture media for Clostridium dificile
Cyclosporine Cefoxitin Fructose Agar (CCFA)
Culture media for Nocardia asteriodes
Czapek Agar
Dorset Egg medium
Culture media for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dorset Egg medium
Dubos Oleic Agar
Culture media for Salmonella and Shigella (stool)
Desoxycholate Citrate Agar
Culture media for Vibrio cholerae
Dieudonne’s medium
Culture media for Mycoplasma
Edward Hayflick Agar