Media Flashcards
Blood agar plate (BAP)
Cultivation of most organisms, determination of hemolytic reactions
Chocolate agar
- Blood is heated until lysed
- cultivation of Haemophilus, pathogenic Neisseria, and nutritionally-deficient Strep
Columbia-nalidixic acid agar (CNA)
selective isolation of Gram+ cocci; inhibits most Gram- organisms
Mannitol salt agar
isolate S. aureus from mixed culture; inhibits most Gram- organisms
MacConkey agar
- isolation and differentiation of lactose fermenting and non-lactose fermenting enteric bacilli
- lactose fermenters are red/pink, while non-lactose fermenters are clear
- Gram+ and fastidious organisms inhibited by bile salts and crystal violet
Lactose fermenters (CEEK)
Citrobacter, E. coli, Enterobacter, Klebsiella
Eosin methylene blue agar (EMB)
isolation and differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae and Gram- rods o Green sheen: characteristic of E. coli o Pigmented (black/purple): lactose fermenters
Xylose lysine deoxychocolate agar (XLD)
isolation and differentiation of salmonella and shigella from other normal stool flora
- Red with black center: salmonella and H2S producers
- Red: shigella (cannot ferment xylose)
- Yellow/orange: normal colonic flora
Hektoen-enteric agar (HE)
isolation and differentiation of salmonella and shigella from other normal stool flora
- Green w/ black center: Salmonella
- Green: shigella
- Salmon pink/orange: lactose fermenters
Salmonella-shigella agar (SS)
isolation and differentiation of salmonella and shigella from other normal stool flora
- Colorless with black center: salmonella
- colorless: shigella
- red: lactose fermenters
Thayer-Martin agar (MTM)
chocolate agar with vanc, colistin and nystatin
selective for N/ gonorrhea and meningitidis; suppresses growth of saphrophytic Neisseria species
GC-Lect agar
used for pathogenic Neisseria; permits growth of some vanc-sensitive Neisseria that are inhibited by MTM agar
Buffered charcoal yest extract agar (BCYE)
growth of nocardia and legionella
Regan Lowe
isolation of Bordetella pertussis and parapertussis; inhibits normal flora of nasopharynx and yeast/fungi
Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA)
General fungal media. Inhibits growt of some bacteria due to high glucose content and low pH.