MICROBIOLOGY MEDIUM2 Flashcards
Differential Isolation and Presumptive identification of Group D Streptococci and Enterococci
Bile esculin agar
Selective and Differential for cultivation of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci from clinical and surveillance specimens
Bile esculin azide agar with Vancomycin
cultivation of fastidious microorganisms
Blood agar
francisella spp
Blood-Glucose-Cysteine medium
isolation of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis
Bordet-Gengou agar/Potato Blood Glycerol
cultivation of FASTIDIOUS ORGANISMS
Brain heart infusion agar or broth
Enrichment for Legionella spp.
Supports the growth of Francisella and Nocardia
Buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar (BCYE)
ENRICHMENT and SELECTION for Legionella spp.
Buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar (BCYE) with ANTIBIOTICS
for recovery of Burkholderia cepacia from cystic fibrosis patients
Burkholderia cepacia selective agar
Selective for Campylobacter spp.
Campy-blood agar
SELECTIVE HOLDING MEDIUM for recovery of Campylobacter spp.
Campylobacter thioglycollate broth
C. difficile
Cycloserine-Cefoxitine Fructose Agar
Improved growth of Obligate, slow-growing anaerobes
CDC anaerobe 5% sheepbblood agar
Selective medium for isolation of Campylobacter spp.
Cefoperazone, vancomycin, amphotericin (CVA) medium
Selective for Yersinia spp. May be useful for isolation of Aeromonas spp.
Cefsulodin-irgasan-novobiocin (CIN) agar
Cultivation of Haemophilus spp. And pathogenic Neisseria spp.
Chocolate agar
Designed to optimize growth and differentiate a specific type of organism. It is routinely used to identify YEAST, MRSA, and other organisms
Chromogenic agar
Selective isolation of GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI
Columbia colistin-nalidixic acid (CNA) agar
Isolation of C.diphtheriae
Cystine-tellurite blood agar
Isolation and differentiation of lactose-fermenting and non-lactose fermenting enteric bacilli
Eosin methylene blue (EMB) agar (Levine)
Leptospira interrogans
EMJH medium and fletcher medium
Legionella spp.
Feeley-Gorman medium
Selective (enrichment) liquid medium for enteric pathogens
Gram-negative (GN) broth
S.agalactiae
Granada medium
Differential, Selective medium for the isolation and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella spp. From other Gram-Negative enteric bacilli
Hektoen enteric (HE) agar
Borrelia spp.
Kelly’s medium
ISOLATION AND GROWTH of Corynebacterium
Leoffler’s medium
Egg-based medium for M.tubercolosis
Lowenstein-Jensen medium
Isolation and Differentiation of Lactose fermenting and non-lactose fermenting enteric bacilli
MacConkey agar
for the Isolation and Differentiation of E.coli O157:H7 in stool
MacConkey sorbitol agar
SELECTIVE isolation of Staphylococci
Mannitol Salt Agar
Listeria monocytogenes
McBride medium
SELECTIVE for Neisseria gonorrhoeae; also supports growth of Ureaplasma urelyticum and Mycoplasma spp.
New York City (NYC) Agar
Selective ISOLATION of all GRAM-POSITIVE cocci, AEROBIC GRAM-POSITIVE bacilli, and ANAEROBIC GRAM-NEGATIVE bacilli
Phenylethyl alcohol (PEA) agar
ENRICHMENT and SELECTIVE medium for Isolation of Bordetella pertussis
Regan Lowe/Charcoal-Cephalexin Agar
Selective for Salmonella and Shigella spp.
Salmonella-shigella (SS) agar
NONSELECTIVE medium for the recovery of ANAEROBES and AEROBES
SELECTIVE for Campylobacter and Helicobacter spp.
Schaedler agar
Enrichment of Isolation of Salmonella spp.
Selenite broth
Mycoplasma
Shepard’s medium (SP4), A7B, E-agar
Selective for Campylobacter spp
Skirrow agar
Selective for Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus agalactiae
(Contains Crystal violet, Colistin and STX)
Streptococcal Selective Agar (SSA)
Selective for Salmonella and Shigella spp. EXCEPT S. typhi
Tetrathionate broth
Selective for N. gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis
Supports growth of Francisella and Brucella spp.
Thayer-Martin agar
Supports growth of ANAEROBES, AEROBES, MICROAEROPHILIC, and FASTIDIOUS MICROORGANISMS
Thioglycollate broth
SELECTIVE AND DIFFERENTIAL for Vibrios
Thiosulfate citrate-bile salts (TCBS) agar
Selection and Enrichment for Streptococcus agalactiae in Female genital specimens
Todd-Hewitt broth with Antibiotics (LIM)
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Tomato Juice agar
Enrichment broth used for subculturing various bacteria from Primary Agar Plates
Trypticase Soy Broth (TSB)
Isolation and Differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella spp. From other gram-negative enteric bacilli
Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate (XLD) agar
S.pneumoniae
Gentamicin BAP (GBAP)
H.influenzae
Bacitracin CAP (BCAP)
Neisseria (for confirmatory)
Cystine Trypticase Agar
C. trachomatis
McCoy Cells
Brucella spp.
TSB
To differentiate Aerobic Actinomycetes (Nocardia, Rhodococcus,Gordonia,Tsukamurella,Streptomyces, Actinomadura, Dermatophilus, Nocardiopsis)
Tap Water agar
Note: Bacto Agar is added to 100 mL of Tap Water, Sterilized and then poured into plates. Plates are inoculated and incubated @30°C for 7 Days, and examined daily for AERIAL HYPHAE
Media Sterilization:
Autoclave @ _______for _____
121°C for 15 mins
Media Sterilization:
Membrane filtration____ to____
for Heat-labile components
0.2 to 0.45um
Urine cultures and tissues from Burn victims are Plated _________
Quantitatively (Cross-Streaking)
Vancomycin+Colistin+ Nystatin+ TRIMETHOPRIM LACTATE which inhibits Swarming Proteus
Modified Thayer Martin (MTM)
Vancomycin+Colistin+ ANISOMYCIN (Fungi/yeast)+ TRIMETHOPRIM LACTATE which inhibits Swarming Proteus
MARTIN LEWIS
Vancomycin+LINCOMYCIN+ Colistin+ TRIMETHOPRIM LACTATE which inhibits Swarming Proteus + ANPHOTERICIN B (fungi)
GC-LECT
LYSED HORSE BLOOD+ Vancomycin+Colistin+AMPHOTERICIN B+ TRIMETHOPRIM
New York City Agar