Streak-stab technique & MacConkey agar
Streak-stab
technique
Often when inoculating a BAP to observe hemoloysis patterns, investigators
will also stab several times through the agar using an inoculating loop.
This …Read More
Nitrate Broth
This is a differential medium. It is used to determine if an organism
is capable of reducing nitrate (NO3-) to
nitrite (NO2-) or other nitrogenous compounds
via the action …Read More
SIM media
Sulfur
Indole Motility Media (SIM)
This is a differential medium. It tests the ability of an organism
to do several things: reduce sulfur, produce indole and swim through
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Kliger’s Iron Agar (KIA)
Kliger’s Iron Agar (KIA)
This is a differential medium. It tests for organisms’ abilities
to ferment glucose and lactose to acid and acid plus gas end products.
It also allows for ident…Read More
Simmon’s Citrate Agar & Spirit Blue agar
Simmon’s Citrate Agar
This is a defined medium used to determine if an organism can
use citrate as its sole carbon source. It is often used to differentiate
between members of Ente…Read More
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