Baird-Parker Agar was developed by Baird Parker in 1962 and is a modification of the Tellurite-glycine formulation of Zebovitz et al. It is a moderately selective medium for the isolation and...
Month: May 2015
Acetate utilization test is used to determine if an organism can use acetate as the sole source of carbon. Acetate agar containing sodium acetate as the sole carbon source and inorganic ammonium...
The butyrate disk test is a rapid test detecting the enzyme butyrate esterase. When used in conjunction with characteristic morphology on a blood agar plate, typical Gram stain, and a positive...
Cetrimide agar also known as pseudosel agar is used for the selective isolation and presumptive identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The medium was first developed by Lowburry. It is a...
A buffy coat suspension is a concentrated leukocyte suspension. It contains most white blood cells and platelets from a whole blood sample. Blood stages can be concentrated using centrifugation...
Endospore staining is a differential technique that selectively stains the spores and makes them distinguishable from the vegetative part of the cells. Endospores are produced by a few genera of...