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# What is Bacterial Culture Media?

| Bacterial Culture Media  • TSA (Tryptic Soy Agar) Product # 8714001 General purpose media for isolation and culture of bacteria (gram positive and gram negative).  • TSA w/ 5%Blood General Product # 8714002 purpose media for cultivation, isolation and determination of hemolytic activity of bacteria.  • MAC (MacConkey) Product # 8714013C for quantitative procedures for the isolation of gram negative bacteria and for the differentiation of those microorganisms based on fermentation of lactose.  • HE Agar (Hekton Enteric) Product # 8714 for the isolation and differentiation of gram negative enteric microorganisms.  • BCYE agar Product # 8714009 for the isolation, selection and differentiation of Legionella sp. (Buffered Charcoal Yeast Agar) form environmental samples.  • MSA (Manitol Salt Agar) For the selective isolation and differentiation of Staphylococcus sp..  \*Typically you wouldn’t need to order it since we use them internally for verification, confirmation, stability, etc. Not something that a client would use in the field.  • EMB (Eosin Methylene Blue) for the isolation and differentiation of gram negative bacteria.  \*Typically you wouldn’t need to order it since we use them internally for verification, confirmation, stability, etc. Not something that a client would use in the field.  • BE (Bile Esculin Agar) for the isolation and identification of Group DStreptococcus sp.  \*Typically you wouldn’t need to order it since we use them internally for verification, confirmation, stability, etc. Not something that a client would use in the field.  • Xylose lysine deoxycholate agar Product # 8714011 For the isolation and differentiation of Salmonella sp..  (XLD agar) |
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