Tryptic Soy Agar is a universal medium which supports the growth of wide variety of microorganisms (both gram positive as well as gram negative bacteria grow in this medium). It is used for the isolation […]
Cary-Blair transport medium can be used to transport of clinical specimens suspected to contain enteric pathogens, including Shigella, Salmonella, Vibrio cholerae, and Escherichia coli O157:H7. Since this transport medium has a high pH (8.4), viability […]
Alkaline peptone water (APW) is recommended as an enrichment broth for isolating Vibrio cholerae from clinical samples and non clinical samples (suspected food & water samples). A number of other broth media have been described for enrichment of […]
Thayer-Martin agar medium is a selective medium used for the isolation of gonococci (Neisseria gonorrheae) from specimen containing a mixed flora of bacteria and/or fungi e.g. urogenital specimen. Modified Thayer-Martin (MTM) agar is a GC agar […]
Nutrient Agar is used as a general-purpose medium for the growth of a wide variety of non-fastidious microorganisms. It consists of peptone, beef extract, and agar. This relatively simple formulation provides the nutrients necessary for the replication of a […]
Potato dextrose agar (PDA) is a general purpose basal medium for the identification, cultivation and enumeration of yeast and molds in foods and dairy products. It may also be used for the cultivation of yeasts […]
Baird Parker Agar was developed by Baird Parker in 1962 and is a modification of Tellurite-glycine formulation of Zebovitz et al. It is a moderately selective medium for the isolation and differentiation of coagulase positive […]
Xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) Agar was formulated by Taylor for the isolation and differentiation of enteric pathogens including Salmonella Typhi from other Salmonella species. XLD Agar is both selective and differential medium for the isolation, […]
Two general types of culture media are essential to ensure the primary recovery of all clinically significant fungi from clinical specimens. One medium should be non-selective (such as Brain Heart Infusion Agar; i.e., one that will permit […]
New York City (NYC) Medium is primarily designed for isolation of pathogenic Neisseria. It also supports the growth of genital mycoplasmas (Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum). New York City (NYC) medium is useful in the diagnosis […]
Thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose (TCBS) agar is a selective as well as differential culture medium used for selective isolation of Vibrio spp from a variety of clinical and nonclinical specimens. Vibrio cholerae is the […]
Chocolate Agar (CAP) is the lysed blood agar. The name is itself derived from the fact that red blood cell (RBC) lysis gives the medium a chocolate-brown color. Chocolate agar is used for the isolation […]
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