Tag: Selective Culture Media

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...

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...

Deoxycholate citrate agar (DCA) is a selective and differential medium, recommended for the isolation of enteric pathogens particularly Salmonella and Shigella species. Deoxycholate citrate agar...

Bismuth sulfite agar (BS) is a selective as well as a differential medium for isolation and presumptive identification of Salmonella spp, especially Salmonella Typhi. Salmonella spp are the...

Salmonella-Shigella (SS) agar is used for selective isolation and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella. It is used for the isolation, cultivation and differentiation of gram-negative enteric...

Thayer-Martin agar is a selective medium used for the isolation of gonococci (Neisseria gonorrheae) from specimens containing a mixed flora of bacteria and/or fungi e.g. urogenital specimen. Modified...