Culture media and uses Flashcards
Alkaline Peptone Broth
Vibrio
BIle Esculin Agar
Enterococci and Group D streptococci
Bismuth Sulfite Agar
Selective media for Salmonella (Stool)
Blood Agar
Differentiation of Hemolytic patterns and for Fastidious organism
Bordet Gengou Agar
Bordetella Pertusis
Brilliant Green Agar
Selective media for Salmonella
Blood cystine Dextrose Agar
Francisella tularensis
Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE)
Legionella spp.
Campy-Blood Agar
Campylobacter spp.
Campy-thioglycollate broth
Selective holding medium for Campylobacter, For cold enrichment (4) technique
CDC anaerobe 5% sheep blood agar
Obligate, slow-growing anaerobe
Cefoperazone Vancomycin Amphotericin Agar
Campylobacter spp.
Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin Agar (CIN)
Yersinia enterocolitica and Aeromonas
Cetrimide Agar
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Chick embryo
Chlamydia and Rickettsia
Chocolate Agar
Neisseria and Haemophilus
Chocolate agar with horse blood
Haemophilus spp
Chromogenic media
MRSA and fungi
Columbia Colistin-Nalidixic Agar (CNA)
Selective for Gram-positive cocci
Cystine Tellurite Blood Agar
Corynebacterium diptheriae
Cyclosporine cefoxitin fructose agar
Clostridium difficile
Czapek Agar
Nocardia asteroides
Dorset egg medium
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Nocardia asteroides
Desoxycholate Citrate Agar
Salmonella and Shigella
Dieudonne’s Medium
Vibrio cholerae
Dubos Oleic Agar
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Edward Hayflick Agar
Mycoplasma
Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB) - Levine Medium
Differential media for LF and NLF
Ellinghausen, McCullough, Johnson and Harris (EMJH) medium
Leptospira interrogans
FLetcher’s Semi solid medium
Leptospira
Fetal Bovine Serum Agar with vancomycin
Haemophilus ducreyi
Foot pads of mice
Mycobacterium leprae
Gram Negative (GN) Broth
For enteric pathogens like Salmonella and Shigella
Human Blood Bilater Tween medium
Gardnerella vaginalis
Hektoen Enteric (HE) Agar
Differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella
Kanamycin-Vancomycin Blood Agar(KVBA)
Bacteroides
Kelly’s Medium
Borrelia burgdorferi
Loeffler’s Blood Serum Medium
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Lombard Dowell Medium
Anaerobic organisms
Lowenstein Jensen (LJ) Agar
Mycobacteria
Lysine Iron Agar
Enterobacteriaceae (deamination or decarboxylation)
Litmus Milk media
Clostridium spp.
Mac Conkey agar
Differential medium for LF and NLF, Selective for Gram-Negative bacteria
Mac Conkey Agar with Sorbitol
E. coli O157:H7 in fecal specimen
Mannitol Salt Agar
Staphylococcus aureus
Mc Bride Medium
Listeria monocytogenes
Middlebrook 7H10
Mycobacteria
Martin Lewis Agar
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Mueller Hinton Agar
Susceptibility test (antimicrobial testing)
Methylene blue milk
Enterococci
New York city (NYC) Agar
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Oxidative-Fermentative (OF) medium
Differential media for Acinetobacter, Alcaligenes, Pseudomonas
Petragnani Medium
Mycobacteria
Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol (PEA) Medium
For Gram positive bacteria
Rabbit Blood Agar with yeast extract
Haemophilus influenzae
Regan Lowe
Bordetella pertussis
Salmonella-Shigella Agar (SSA)
Salmonella and shigella
Seller’s Agar
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Selenite broth (Enrichment medium)
Salmonella spp.
Schaedler Agar
Nonselective medium for aerobes and anaerobes; Selective for campylobacter and Helicobacter
Skirrow agar
Campylobacter spp.
Tetrathionate Broth
Salmonella and Shigella spp.
Thayer Martin Agar
Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis
Thioglycollate
Aerobes and anaerobes
Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salt Sucrose Agar (TCBS)
Vibrio
Tinsdale Agar
Corynebacterium diptheriae
Todd-Hewitt Broth (selective and enrichment) With nalidixic acid and gentamicin/colistin
Streptococcus agalactiae in female genital specimens
Trypticase Soy Broth (TSB)
Blood culture bottle base Streptococcus pneumoniae, Brucella
Tyrosine Agar
Aerobic Actinomycetes
Tween 80-Albumin Broth
Spirochetes
Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate (XLD) Agar
Salmonella and Shigella
Maintain the viability of organisms during specimen transport
Transport Media
For Neisseria; Cary Blair-for stool pathogens like Vibrio
JEMBEC
Viral Transport Media
STUART’S
Media for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
Mueller Hinton Agar
Used in biochemical tests for species identification (TSI, LIA, Urea agar, SIM, Simmon Citrate agar, MRVP broth)
BIOCHEMICAL TEST MEDIA
Detects organism’s motility (e.g., SIM, MIO)
MOTILITY MEDIUM
Supports the growth of anaerobes (e.g., Chopped meat media, Thioglycolate)
ANAEROBIC MEDIA
Transport media, maintains viability of organisms during transport
Amie’s Media
Enrichment media for Vibrio
Alkaline Peptone water
Selective and differential media for Bacteroides
Bacteroides Bile Esculin
Differential isolation and identification of Group D Streptococci and Enterococci
Bile Esculin Agar
Selective for Vancomycin resistant enterococci
Bile Esculin Azide agar with Vancomycin
High protein media for growing a variety of bacteria
Brain Heart Infusion (BHI)
Isolation of Salmonella typhi
Bismuth Sulfite Agar
Cultivation of fastidious microorganisms and determination of haemolytic reactions
Blood Agar (BA)
For Francisella tularensis
Blood Cystine Dextrose Agar
Isolation of Bordetella pertussis
Bordet-Gengou Media
Selective media for Salmonella (except S. typhi)
Brilliant Green Agar (BGA)
Enrichment and selective for Legionella spp.
Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract Agar with Antibiotics
Selective media for Staphylococcus
Chapman Stone agar
Selective for Campylobacter spp
Campy-Blood Agar
Selective holding medium for recovery of Campylobacter spp
Campylobacter Thioglycollate Broth
Transport media
Cary and Blair Media
Used for separating Nocardia & Streptomyces
Casein Media
Selective media for Campylobacter spp
Cefoperazone, Vancomycin, Amphotericin
Selective for Yersinia spp.
Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin
Cultivation of Haemophilus spp. and pathogenic Neisseria
Chocolate Agar
Used for isolation of anaerobes, especially Clostridium spp.
Chopped Meat Glucose
Selective isolation of gram positive cocci
Columbia Colistin Nalidixic Acid Agar
Used for Chlamydospore production of Candida albicans
Corn Meal Agar with 1% Tween 80
Isolation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Cystine Tellurite Blood Agar
For determining fermentation reactions of Neisseria spp.
Cystine Trypticase Agar
Media for Clostridium difficile
Cycloserine Cefoxitin Fructose Agar
Differentiation of lactose fermenters from non-lactose fermenters
Deoxycholate Agar
For isolation of Salmonella and Shigella
Deoxycholate Citrate
Selective media for Vibrios
Dieudonnes Media
Isolation of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma spp.
Edward Hayflick Agar
Used for isolation and identification of Clostridium
Egg Yolk Agar
Selective media for Leptospira interrogans
Ellinghausen, McCullough Johnson and Harris Media
Selective media for Haemophilus ducreyi
Fetal Bovine Serum with Vancomycin
For isolation of Haemophilus influenzae
Fildes Enrichment
Selective enrichment for enteric pathogens
Gram Negative Broth
Selective and differential for Salmonella and Shigella
Hektoen Enteric Agar
Selective media for Gardnerella vaginalis
Human Blood Bilayer Tween
For C. diphtheriae
Leoffler’s Coagulated Serum
For isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Lowenstein Jensen Media
For selection and differentiation of E. coli O157:H7
Mac Conkey Sorbitol Agar
Selective for Staphylococci
Mannitol Salt Agar
For isolation of Listeria monocytogenes
Mc Bride Media
For isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Middelbrook 7H10 or 7H11
Selective media for Borrelia species
Modified Kelly’s Medium
Used in Methyl Red and Vogues Proskauer tests
MRVP broth
Selective for Neisseria gonorrhoeae
New York City Agar
Similar to Lowenstein Jensen, contains more malachite green
Petragnani’s Media
Selective isolation of gram positive cocci and anaerobic gram negative bacilli
Phenylethyl Alcohol Agar
Enrichment and selective media for Bordetella pertussis
Regan Lowe
Used for fungus culture
Sabouraud Dextrose Maltose Agar
Selective for Salmonella and Shigella
Salmonella-Shigella Agar
Non-selective for aerobes and anaerobes
Schaedler Agar
Enrichment for Salmonella spp.
Selenite Broth
Test for citrate as a carbon source
Simmon Citrate Agar
Selective for Campylobacter spp.
Skirrow Agar
Selective for Streptococcus agalactiae
Streptococcal Selective Agar
Selective for Salmonella and Shigella spp.
Tetrathionate Broth
Selective for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis
Thayer Martin Agar
Supports growth of anaerobes, aerobes, microaerophilic microorganisms
Thioglycollate Broth
Selective and differential for Vibrios
Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Agar
Selective and enrichment for Streptococcus agalactiae
Todd Hewitt Broth supplemented with antibiotics
Enrichment for subculturing bacteria
Trypticase Soy Broth
Biochemical tests for differentiating enteric bacilli
Triple Sugar Iron Agar
For isolation and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella
Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate Agar
Used for urease test, identifies urease producers like Proteus
Urea Agar