Hektoen Enteric (HE) Agar was introduced in 1968 by Sylvia King and William I. Metzger. They formulated HE Agar medium while working at the Hektoen Institute in Chicago, to increase the recovery...
Category: Culture Media
Salmonella is a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae. It is a Gram-negative bacilli, motile and non-lactose fermenter. The genus can be divided into two species (S. enterica and S. bongori), based...
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...
New York City agar base was developed initially by Fauer, Weisburd, and Wilson at the New York City Department of Health for selective isolation of pathogenic Neisseria species from clinical...
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...
Haemophilus influenzae on chocolate agar Chocolate Agar (CAP or CHOC) is a nonselective, enriched medium used for the isolation and identification of fastidious pathogens. Heating of blood agar...