Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle medium

Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle medium (NNN) is a culture medium used to grow Leishmania. It consists of 0.6% sodium chloride (NaCl) added to a simple blood agar slope.^[1] NNN can also be used to grow Trypanosoma cruzi.

References

1. ^ Dawes, Ben (1967). Advances in parasitology, Volume 5. New York: Academic Press Inc. http://books.google.com/books?id=EmvRNxOgpTQC&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=novy-macneal-nicolle&source=bl&ots=TKJmxe0CmN&sig=By0aDnhYatpL2R0KPzb6a6c1C-Y&hl=en&ei=HgJ0TdfzBMK78gbEzZi7Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=novy-macneal-nicolle&f=false.