Culture Medium Flashcards
Medium for M.tuberculosis
Lowenstein Medium
Medium for Neisseria gonorrhea and Neisseria meningitidis
Modified Thayer Martin Agar
Medium for gram negative
MacConkey Agar
Medium Leptospira interrogans
Fletcher’s Media
Medium for Haemophilus influenzae
Chocolate Agar
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Brain Heart Infusion (BHI)
Liquid/Nutrient Broth
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Tryptone Soya Bean/ Soy Bean Casein Digest
Liquid/Nutrient Broth
For fungi and anaerobes
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Thioglycollate
Liquid/nutrient broth
Mainly anaerobic, sometimes w microaero and aerobic
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contains no agar
Liquid/ nutrient broth
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contains 0.5-1%
Semi-solid medium
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Sulfide indole motility (SIM)
Semi-solid
Differentiate gram (-) bacteria
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contains 2-3%
Solid
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Triple sugar iron (TSI)
Solid
Differentiate enterics based on the ability to reduce sulfur
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Mac Conkey Agar
Solid
Gram (-), differentiate w/ gram +
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Chocolate Agar
Solid
H. influenzae
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all substances are known
for research purposes
Synthetic/Defined
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some substances are unknown
for isolation of bacteria
Non-Synthetic/ complex medium
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Nutrient broth
Non-Synthetic/ complex medium