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Category: Culture Media

link to Martin Lewis Agar: Principle, Composition, and Uses

Martin Lewis Agar: Principle, Composition, and Uses

Martin Lewis Agar, a specialized culture medium, is a valuable tool in microbiology and clinical laboratories. It is particularly effective in isolating and identifying pathogenic Neisseria species,...

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Columbia CNA Agar: Composition, Uses, and Results

Columbia agar with colistin and nalidixic acid (CNA) is a selective and differential medium for isolating and differentiating pathogenic gram-positive cocci from clinical and non-clinical samples....

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Bacteriological Agar: Properties and Uses

Agar (agar agar) or bacteriological agar is a thermoreversible gelling agent extracted from the cell walls of smaller seaweeds (red algae). Agar is obtained from red algae belonging to the genera...

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Best Practices for Preparation of Culture Media

Culture media are fundamental in diagnostic microbiology. Nearly all media are commercially available as ready-to-use agar plates or tubes of broth. Laboratories in high-income countries procure...

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link to Lysine Iron Agar (LIA): Principle, Composition, Results, and Uses

Lysine Iron Agar (LIA): Principle, Composition, Results, and Uses

Lysine Iron Agar (LIA) is a combination medium used for the differentiation of gram-negative bacilli (enterics) based on decarboxylation or deamination of lysine and the formation of hydrogen sulfide...

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link to Czapek Dox Agar: Principle, Composition, Colony Characteristics

Czapek Dox Agar: Principle, Composition, Colony Characteristics

Czapek medium is also called Czapek’s agar (CZA) or Czapek-Dox medium. Czapek agar is named after the Friedrich Johann Franz Czapek. He invented this medium and was later modified by Arthur Wayland...

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