Media

Question 0

Alkaline peptone water

Answer 0

(Enrichment)

Increase number of pathogenic vibrio in specimen

Question 1

Amie’s medium

Answer 1

(Transport)

Maintain viability of organism

Question 2

Anaerobic blood agar

Answer 2

(Reducing/anaerobic)

Isolates all anaerobes

Question 3

Anaerobic phenylethyl alcohol (PEA)

Answer 3

(Reducing/anaerobic)

Isolates obligate gm(+/-) bacteria

Question 4

Anaerobic kanamycin vancomycin blood agar

Answer 4

(Reducing/anaerobic)
Isolates gm(-) anaerobes esp bacteroides, pervotella and fusobacterium species

Question 5

Anaerobic paroromycin vancomycin laked blood agar

Answer 5

(Reducing/anaerobic)
Isolates gm(-) anaerobes esp bacteroides, pervotella and fusobacterium species
Detects pigment prod of prevotella

Question 6

Bacteroides bile esculin (BBE)

Answer 6

(Selective & differential)
Selective for bacteroides species
Differentiates bile resistant from bile sensitive bacteroides

Question 7

Bile esculin medium (BEM)

Answer 7

(Selective)

Selective for group D streptococci and enterococci species

Question 8

Bismuth sulfite agar (BSA)

Answer 8

(Selective)

Selective for salmonella typhi

Question 9

Blood agar plate (BAP)

Answer 9

(Enriched & differential)
Enriched with unheated blood
Differentiates thru hemolytic patterns

Question 10

Bordet gengou / potato blood glycerol agar

Answer 10

(Selective)

Selective for bordetella pertussis

Question 11

Brain heart infusion (BHI)

Answer 11

(Basic or general purpose medium)

For antibiotic susceptibility testing

Question 12

Brucella blood agar

Answer 12

(Selective)

Selective for brucella species

Question 13

Blood cystine glucose agar

Answer 13

(Selective)

Selective for francisella tularensis

Question 14

Cary & blair medium

Answer 14

(Transport)

Maintain viability of organism

Question 15

Buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE)

Answer 15

(Selective)

Selective for legionella pneumophilia

Question 16

Cefsulodin irgasan novobiocin (CIN)

Answer 16

(Selective)

Selective for yersinia enterocolitica

Question 17

Campy blood agar

Answer 17

(Selective)

Selective for campylobacter species

Question 18

Chocolate agar plate (CAP)

Answer 18

(Enriched)

Cultivation esp haemophilus and neisseria species

Question 19

Chapman-stone agar

Answer 19

(Selective)

Selective for staphylococci species

Question 20

Columbia colostin nalidixic agar (CNA)

Answer 20

(Selective)

Selective for staphylococci and streptococci species

Question 21

Cycloserine cefoxitin fructose agar (CCFA)

Answer 21

(Selective)

Selective for clostridium difficile

Question 22

Cystine lactose electrolyte deficient agar (CLED)

Answer 22

(Selective)

Selective for bacteria in urine

Question 23

Cystine tellurite blood agar (CTBA)

Answer 23

(Selective)

Selective for corynebacterium diptheriae

Question 24

Clostrisel agar

Answer 24

(Selective) | Selective for clostridium perfringes

Question 25

Cystine trypticase agar (CTA)

Answer 25

(Selective) | Selective for neisseria species based on ability to produce carbohydrates

Question 26

DNA agar

Answer 26

(Lab diagnostic test medium) | Selective for staphylococci based on ability to produce DNAse

Question 27

Dextrose ascitic fluid medium

Answer 27

(Enriched) | Isolation of organisms in CSF

Question 28

Dieudonne's medium

Answer 28

(Selective) | Selective for vibrio species

Question 29

"E" agar

Answer 29

(Selective) | Selective for mycoplasma and ureaplasma species

Question 30

Edward hayflick agar (EHA)

Answer 30

(Selective) | Selective for mycoplasma and ureaplasma species

Question 31

Egg yolk agar (EYA)

Answer 31

(Selective) | Selective for clostridium perfringes based on ability to produce lecithinase

Question 32

Eosin methylene blue agar (EMB)

Answer 32

(Selective & differential) Selective for gm(-) bacteria Differentiates lactose fermenting from non-lactose fermenting gm(-) enteric bacteria

Question 33

Fetal bovine serum agar w/ VANCOMYCIN

Answer 33

(Selective) | Selective for haemophilus ducreyi

Question 34

12% gelatin medium

Answer 34

(Lab diagnostic test medium) | Identification of organisms which liquefy or hydrolyze gelatin

Question 35

Hektoen enteric agar (HEA)

Answer 35

(Selective & differential) Selective for gm(-) bacteria Differentiates lactose fermenting from non-lactose fermenting gm(-) enteric bacteria

Question 36

Human blood bilayer tween (HBT)

Answer 36

(Selective) | Selective for gardnerella vaginalis

Question 37

Modified kelly's medium

Answer 37

(Selective) | Selective for borrelia species

Question 38

Lowenstein jensen agar w/ ANTIBIOTICS

Answer 38

(Selective) | Selective for mycobacterium species

Question 39

Loeffler's coagulated serum slant

Answer 39

(Selective) | Selective for corynebacterium diptheriae

Question 40

Lysine iron agar (LIA)

Answer 40

(Biochemical characteristic medium) | Gm(-) enteric bacteria based on ability or decarboxylate or deaminate lysine; and to produce hydrogen sulfide or not

Question 41

Gram negative broth (GN)

Answer 41

(Enrichment broth) | Increase number of pathogens in stool

Question 42

MacConkey agar

Answer 42

(Selective & differential) Selective for gm(-) bacteria Differentiates lactose fermenting from non-lactose fermenting gm(-) bacteria

Question 43

Mannitol salt agar (MSA)

Answer 43

(Selective & differential) | Isolation of mannitol and non-mannitol "fermenting staphylococci"