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1
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Blood agar (BAP)

A

most bacteria

determines hemolytic reactions

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Chocolate agar (CAP)

A

Haemophilus and Neisseria

enriched with hemoglobin or IsoVitalleX

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Phenylethyl alcohol agar (PEA)

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selects for gram positive cocci and anaerobic gram negative bacilli

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4
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Columbia colistin nalidixic acid (CNA)

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selects for gram positive cocci

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5
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Thayer Martin agar

A

Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis

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CAMPY Blood agar

A

Campylobacter species

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7
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Thioglycolate broth

A

“back up” for anaerobes

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8
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Lowenstein Jensen agar

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Mycobacterium

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9
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Middlebrook 7H10 agar

A

Mycobacterium

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10
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Petragnani agar

A

Mycobacterium

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Bacteroides Bile Esculin agar (BBE)

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selects for B fragilis group (black colonies)

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Kanamycin Vancomycin Laked blood (KVLB)

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Bacteroides species (enhances pigment production)

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Cycloserine Cefoxitin Fructose agar (CCFA)

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Clostridium difficile

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CDC anaerobic blood agar

A

anaerobes (enriched with hemin, cystine, and vitamin K)

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15
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Cooked or chopped meat medium

A

anaerobes

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Bordet Gengou agar

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B pertussis

17
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Buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE)

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Legionella

18
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Cystine Glucose agar

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F tularensis

19
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Fletchers medium

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Leptospira

20
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Skirrow agar

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Helicobacter pylori

21
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Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose (TCBS)

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Vibrio species

22
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Vaginalis agar (V agar) (human blood)

A

Gardnerella vaginalis

23
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Cystine Tellurite blood (Tinsdale)

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Clostridium diphtheriae (black colonies)

24
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Loefflers medium

A

Clostridium diphtheriae (enhances grouping and metachromatic granules)

25
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Carbohydrate fermentation with phenol red

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(+) = yellow 
(-) = red
26
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Esculin

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(+) = black 
(-) = nondescript
27
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Hippurate hydrolysis

A 
(+) = purple
(-) = no change
28
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Motility

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(+) = blurred stab line
(-) = growth along stab line
29
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6.5% NaCl broth

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(+) = turbid 
(-) = clear
30
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Phenylalanine or tryptophan deaminase

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(+) = green surface after 10% FeCl3
(-) = nondescript
31
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Urea

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(+) = bright pink
(-) = nondescript

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