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Culture media and uses Flashcards

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Alkaline Peptone Broth

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Vibrio

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BIle Esculin Agar

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Enterococci and Group D streptococci

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Bismuth Sulfite Agar

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Selective media for Salmonella (Stool)

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Blood Agar

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Differentiation of Hemolytic patterns and for Fastidious organism

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Bordet Gengou Agar

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Bordetella Pertusis

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Brilliant Green Agar

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Selective media for Salmonella

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Blood cystine Dextrose Agar

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Francisella tularensis

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Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE)

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Legionella spp.

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Campy-Blood Agar

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Campylobacter spp.

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Campy-thioglycollate broth

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Selective holding medium for Campylobacter, For cold enrichment (4) technique

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CDC anaerobe 5% sheep blood agar

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Obligate, slow-growing anaerobe

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Cefoperazone Vancomycin Amphotericin Agar

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Campylobacter spp.

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Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin Agar (CIN)

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Yersinia enterocolitica and Aeromonas

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Cetrimide Agar

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Chick embryo

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Chlamydia and Rickettsia

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Chocolate Agar

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Neisseria and Haemophilus

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Chocolate agar with horse blood

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Haemophilus spp

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Chromogenic media

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MRSA and fungi

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Columbia Colistin-Nalidixic Agar (CNA)

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Selective for Gram-positive cocci

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Cystine Tellurite Blood Agar

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

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Cyclosporine cefoxitin fructose agar

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Clostridium difficile

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Czapek Agar

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Nocardia asteroides

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Dorset egg medium

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Nocardia asteroides

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Desoxycholate Citrate Agar

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Salmonella and Shigella

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Dieudonne’s Medium

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Vibrio cholerae

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Dubos Oleic Agar

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Edward Hayflick Agar

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Mycoplasma

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Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB) - Levine Medium

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Differential media for LF and NLF

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Ellinghausen, McCullough, Johnson and Harris (EMJH) medium

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Leptospira interrogans

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FLetcher’s Semi solid medium

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Leptospira

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Fetal Bovine Serum Agar with vancomycin

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Haemophilus ducreyi

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Foot pads of mice

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Gram Negative (GN) Broth

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For enteric pathogens like Salmonella and Shigella

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Human Blood Bilater Tween medium

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Gardnerella vaginalis

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Hektoen Enteric (HE) Agar

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Differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella

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Kanamycin-Vancomycin Blood Agar(KVBA)

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Bacteroides

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37
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Kelly’s Medium

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Loeffler’s Blood Serum Medium

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Lombard Dowell Medium

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Anaerobic organisms

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40
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Lowenstein Jensen (LJ) Agar

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Mycobacteria

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Lysine Iron Agar

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Enterobacteriaceae (deamination or decarboxylation)

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Litmus Milk media

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Clostridium spp.

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Mac Conkey agar

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Differential medium for LF and NLF, Selective for Gram-Negative bacteria

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Mac Conkey Agar with Sorbitol

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E. coli O157:H7 in fecal specimen

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45
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Mannitol Salt Agar

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Staphylococcus aureus

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46
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Mc Bride Medium

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Listeria monocytogenes

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47
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Middlebrook 7H10

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Mycobacteria

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48
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Martin Lewis Agar

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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49
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Mueller Hinton Agar

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Susceptibility test (antimicrobial testing)

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50
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Methylene blue milk

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Enterococci

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51
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New York city (NYC) Agar

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Oxidative-Fermentative (OF) medium

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Differential media for Acinetobacter, Alcaligenes, Pseudomonas

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Petragnani Medium

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Mycobacteria

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54
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Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol (PEA) Medium

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For Gram positive bacteria

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55
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Rabbit Blood Agar with yeast extract

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Haemophilus influenzae

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56
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Regan Lowe

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Bordetella pertussis

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57
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Salmonella-Shigella Agar (SSA)

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Salmonella and shigella

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Seller’s Agar

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Selenite broth (Enrichment medium)

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Salmonella spp.

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Schaedler Agar

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Nonselective medium for aerobes and anaerobes; Selective for campylobacter and Helicobacter

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Skirrow agar

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Campylobacter spp.

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Tetrathionate Broth

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Salmonella and Shigella spp.

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Thayer Martin Agar

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis

64
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Thioglycollate

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Aerobes and anaerobes

65
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Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salt Sucrose Agar (TCBS)

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Vibrio

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Tinsdale Agar

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

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Todd-Hewitt Broth (selective and enrichment) With nalidixic acid and gentamicin/colistin

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Streptococcus agalactiae in female genital specimens

68
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Trypticase Soy Broth (TSB)

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Blood culture bottle base Streptococcus pneumoniae, Brucella

69
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Tyrosine Agar

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Aerobic Actinomycetes

70
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Tween 80-Albumin Broth

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Spirochetes

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Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate (XLD) Agar

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Salmonella and Shigella

72
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Maintain the viability of organisms during specimen transport

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Transport Media

73
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For Neisseria; Cary Blair-for stool pathogens like Vibrio

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JEMBEC

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Viral Transport Media

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STUART’S

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Media for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

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Mueller Hinton Agar

76
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Used in biochemical tests for species identification (TSI, LIA, Urea agar, SIM, Simmon Citrate agar, MRVP broth)

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BIOCHEMICAL TEST MEDIA

77
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Detects organism’s motility (e.g., SIM, MIO)

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MOTILITY MEDIUM

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Supports the growth of anaerobes (e.g., Chopped meat media, Thioglycolate)

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ANAEROBIC MEDIA

79
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Transport media, maintains viability of organisms during transport

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Amie’s Media

80
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Enrichment media for Vibrio

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Alkaline Peptone water

81
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Selective and differential media for Bacteroides

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Bacteroides Bile Esculin

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Differential isolation and identification of Group D Streptococci and Enterococci

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Bile Esculin Agar

83
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Selective for Vancomycin resistant enterococci

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Bile Esculin Azide agar with Vancomycin

84
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High protein media for growing a variety of bacteria

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Brain Heart Infusion (BHI)

85
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Isolation of Salmonella typhi

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Bismuth Sulfite Agar

86
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Cultivation of fastidious microorganisms and determination of haemolytic reactions

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Blood Agar (BA)

87
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For Francisella tularensis

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Blood Cystine Dextrose Agar

88
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Isolation of Bordetella pertussis

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Bordet-Gengou Media

89
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Selective media for Salmonella (except S. typhi)

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Brilliant Green Agar (BGA)

90
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Enrichment and selective for Legionella spp.

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Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract Agar with Antibiotics

91
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Selective media for Staphylococcus

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Chapman Stone agar

92
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Selective for Campylobacter spp

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Campy-Blood Agar

93
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Selective holding medium for recovery of Campylobacter spp

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Campylobacter Thioglycollate Broth

94
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Transport media

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Cary and Blair Media

95
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Used for separating Nocardia & Streptomyces

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Casein Media

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Selective media for Campylobacter spp

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Cefoperazone, Vancomycin, Amphotericin

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Selective for Yersinia spp.

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Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin

98
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Cultivation of Haemophilus spp. and pathogenic Neisseria

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Chocolate Agar

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Used for isolation of anaerobes, especially Clostridium spp.

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Chopped Meat Glucose

100
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Selective isolation of gram positive cocci

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Columbia Colistin Nalidixic Acid Agar

101
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Used for Chlamydospore production of Candida albicans

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Corn Meal Agar with 1% Tween 80

102
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Isolation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Cystine Tellurite Blood Agar

103
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For determining fermentation reactions of Neisseria spp.

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Cystine Trypticase Agar

104
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Media for Clostridium difficile

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Cycloserine Cefoxitin Fructose Agar

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Differentiation of lactose fermenters from non-lactose fermenters

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Deoxycholate Agar

106
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For isolation of Salmonella and Shigella

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Deoxycholate Citrate

107
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Selective media for Vibrios

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Dieudonnes Media

108
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Isolation of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma spp.

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Edward Hayflick Agar

109
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Used for isolation and identification of Clostridium

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Egg Yolk Agar

110
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Selective media for Leptospira interrogans

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Ellinghausen, McCullough Johnson and Harris Media

111
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Selective media for Haemophilus ducreyi

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Fetal Bovine Serum with Vancomycin

112
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For isolation of Haemophilus influenzae

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Fildes Enrichment

113
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Selective enrichment for enteric pathogens

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Gram Negative Broth

114
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Selective and differential for Salmonella and Shigella

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Hektoen Enteric Agar

115
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Selective media for Gardnerella vaginalis

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Human Blood Bilayer Tween

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For C. diphtheriae

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Leoffler’s Coagulated Serum

117
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For isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Lowenstein Jensen Media

118
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For selection and differentiation of E. coli O157:H7

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Mac Conkey Sorbitol Agar

119
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Selective for Staphylococci

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Mannitol Salt Agar

120
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For isolation of Listeria monocytogenes

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Mc Bride Media

121
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For isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Middelbrook 7H10 or 7H11

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Selective media for Borrelia species

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Modified Kelly’s Medium

123
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Used in Methyl Red and Vogues Proskauer tests

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MRVP broth

124
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Selective for Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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New York City Agar

125
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Similar to Lowenstein Jensen, contains more malachite green

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Petragnani’s Media

126
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Selective isolation of gram positive cocci and anaerobic gram negative bacilli

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Phenylethyl Alcohol Agar

127
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Enrichment and selective media for Bordetella pertussis

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Regan Lowe

128
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Used for fungus culture

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Sabouraud Dextrose Maltose Agar

129
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Selective for Salmonella and Shigella

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Salmonella-Shigella Agar

130
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Non-selective for aerobes and anaerobes

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Schaedler Agar

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Enrichment for Salmonella spp.

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Selenite Broth

132
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Test for citrate as a carbon source

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Simmon Citrate Agar

133
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Selective for Campylobacter spp.

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Skirrow Agar

134
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Selective for Streptococcus agalactiae

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Streptococcal Selective Agar

135
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Selective for Salmonella and Shigella spp.

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Tetrathionate Broth

136
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Selective for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis

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Thayer Martin Agar

137
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Supports growth of anaerobes, aerobes, microaerophilic microorganisms

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Thioglycollate Broth

138
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Selective and differential for Vibrios

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Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Agar

139
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Selective and enrichment for Streptococcus agalactiae

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Todd Hewitt Broth supplemented with antibiotics

140
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Enrichment for subculturing bacteria

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Trypticase Soy Broth

141
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Biochemical tests for differentiating enteric bacilli

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Triple Sugar Iron Agar

142
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For isolation and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella

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Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate Agar

143
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Used for urease test, identifies urease producers like Proteus

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Urea Agar

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