Bordet-Gengou agar — an agar base containing potato infusion, glycerol, and sodium chloride, enriched with blood, used for the isolation of Bordetella pertussis and B. parapertussis. Called also B G a … Medical dictionary
Bordet-Gengou agar (culture medium) bacillus phenomenon (reaction) — Bor·det Gen·gou agar (culture medium), bacillus, phenomenon (reaction) (bor daґ zhahn gooґ) [Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist, serologist, and Nobel prize winner, 1870–1961; Octave Gengou, French bacteriologist,… … Medical dictionary
agar — A complex polysaccharide (a sulfated galactan) derived from seaweed (various red algae); used as a solidifying agent in culture media; it has the valuable property of melting at 100°C, but not solidifying until 49°C. [Bengalese] bile salt a. an a … Medical dictionary
MacConkey agar — with lactose (left) and non lactose (right) fermenters … Wikipedia
Chocolate agar — showing Francisella tularensis colonies … Wikipedia
Cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient agar — A clear CLED agar plate after cultivation … Wikipedia
DCA agar — A microbiological culture of Salmonella sp. bacteria on DC agar culture medium DCA agar Deoxycholate Citrate Agar is a solid bacteriological growth medium. Uses It is particularly useful for the isolation of organisms that cause bacilliary… … Wikipedia
Thayer-Martin agar — Comparison of two culture media types used to grow Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria. Known as overgrowth, note that the non selective chocolate agar medium on the left, due to its composition, allowed for the growth of organismal colonies other… … Wikipedia
Cetrimide agar — is a type of agar used for the selective isolation of the gram negative bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa.[1] As the name suggests, it contains cetrimide, which is the selective agent against alternate microbial flora.[2] Cetrimide also enhances… … Wikipedia
Nutrient agar — is a microbiological growth medium commonly used for the routine cultivation of non fastidious bacteria. It is useful because it remains solid even at relatively high temperatures. Also, bacteria grown in nutrient agar grows on the surface, and… … Wikipedia
