Media Flashcards
Blood agar (BAP)
most bacteria
determines hemolytic reactions
Chocolate agar (CAP)
Haemophilus and Neisseria
enriched with hemoglobin or IsoVitalleX
Phenylethyl alcohol agar (PEA)
selects for gram positive cocci and anaerobic gram negative bacilli
Columbia colistin nalidixic acid (CNA)
selects for gram positive cocci
Thayer Martin agar
Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis
CAMPY Blood agar
Campylobacter species
Thioglycolate broth
“back up” for anaerobes
Lowenstein Jensen agar
Mycobacterium
Middlebrook 7H10 agar
Mycobacterium
Petragnani agar
Mycobacterium
Bacteroides Bile Esculin agar (BBE)
selects for B fragilis group (black colonies)
Kanamycin Vancomycin Laked blood (KVLB)
Bacteroides species (enhances pigment production)
Cycloserine Cefoxitin Fructose agar (CCFA)
Clostridium difficile
CDC anaerobic blood agar
anaerobes (enriched with hemin, cystine, and vitamin K)
Cooked or chopped meat medium
anaerobes