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...
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...
Phenylethyl alcohol agar (PEA) is a selective medium used to cultivate Gram-positive organisms, particularly cocci, from a sample containing a mixture of pathogens. The active ingredient, phenylethyl...
Certain bacterial species liberate sulfur from sulfur-containing amino acids or other compounds in the form of H₂S. This ability of these bacteria can be used as an important characteristic of...
Tinsdale agar base medium was developed by Tinsdale for the selective isolation and differentiation of C. diphtheriae from diphtheroids. Billings later modified the medium improving its differential...
Amies transport medium is a widely used and effective semisolid medium for the transportation of swab specimens to the microbiology laboratory. Placing swabs in a moist container or transport medium...
