CULTURE MEDIA

Cards (22)

  • Staining procedure give clues to the probable organism being studied
    Culture Media
  • Water-Based solution that do not solidify at the above freezing point.
    Liquid Media
  • Clot-Like consistency at a ordinary room temperature contains agar, allows thickening of media without producing a firm substance.
    Semi-Solid Media
  • Contain solidifying agent such 1.5%-2% agar, firm substance on which cells can form discrete colonies.
    Solid Media
  • Contains chemically-defined substances which are pure organic and inorganic compounds
    Synthetic Media
  • Complex media that contain at least one ingredient THAT IS NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED.
    Non-synthetic media
  • design for primary isolation of a broad spectrum of microbes, supports the growth of BOTH pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms.
    General purpose media
  • Contain complex organic substances such as BLOOD, serum (Design to increase the number of the desired microorganisms.
    Enrichment media
  • Contains general nutrients with 5%-10%, blod added to a agar base.
    Blood agar
  • shows complete lysis of red blood cells resulting in complex clearing around colonies
    Beta hemolysis
  • shows complete lysis of red blood cells, producing a greenish discoloration of the blood agar around the colonies.
    Alpha hemolysis
  • show no hemolysis, resulting in no change in the medium.
    Gamma hemolysis
  • A type of nutrient medium that is use for the culture of fastidious organisms such as Haemophilus.
    Chocolate agar
  • contain one or more substances that encourage the growth of the ONLY specific target microorganisms.
    Selective media
  • Used for Isolation of Neissera
    Thayer-Martin agar
  • Used for Isolation of Staphylococcus
    Mannitol Salt agar
  • Promote growth of gram-negative bacteria, and inhibits the growth of gram-positive bacteria through bile of salts.
    MacConkey's agar
  • Selective medium that used to recover mycobacterium tuberculosis made selective by the incorporation of malachite green.
    Lowenstein-Jensen medium
  • Used for Isolation of Fungi
    Saboraud's dextrose sugar
  • Allow the growth of several types of microorganisms.
    Differential Media
  • used for clinical specimens that need to be transported to the laboratory immediately after collection
    Transport Media
  • Media used for specifically for organism that cannot survive in the presence of oxygen and require reduced oxidation potential and other nutrients.
    Anaerobic Media