Sabouraud Agar or Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA) is a selective medium primarily used for the isolation of dermatophytes. Other fungi, yeasts, and filamentous bacteria such as Nocardia can also...
Tag: Selective Culture Media
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...
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 and is a...
Xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) agar is a selective and differential medium for the isolation, cultivation, and differentiation of gram-negative enteric microorganisms. This media primarily isolates...
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...
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...
