culture media extended

What is nonselective media

supports the growth of most nonfastidious organisms 

What is selective media

allows grouping of one type of organism while inhibiting the growth of others

What are CDC plates used for

reduced microaerophilic, similar to blood and chocolate

What is differential media

allows grouping of microbed based on demonstrated characteristics on the media

What is enriched media

contains growth factors added to nonselective media to allow fastidious organisms to grow

Name the two nutritional culture medias

TSA and TSB

What three culture medias are considered just enriched

blood agar, chocolate, mueller-hinton with 5% sheep’s blood

What 5 cultures are considered just selective

vanco, mycosel, SABHI, inhibitory mold, LJ slant

What 3 cultures are considered both enriched and selective

LIM, SSA, MTM

What 6 culture medias are considered both differential and selective

MAC, MAC w/ sorbitol, Burk, MAC w/ cipro, chomagar, spectra

What culture media is enriched, selective, and differential

CNA

What culture is considered just a base culture media?

Mueller-Hinton

What culture is considered non-selective?

Potato dextrose agar

What are the three hemolytic agars?

Blood, SSA, CNA

Which culture media contains factors X and V

chocolate

What microbe does LIM culture help identify via growth

Group B strep

What microbe does SSA culture help identify via growth

Group A strep

What microbe does MTM culture help identify via growth

N. gonorrhea

What microbe does MAC w/ sorbitol help identify via growth

E.coli O157:H7

What microbe does Hektoin agar help identify via growth

salmonella/shigella

What microbe dose burk agar help identify via growth

Burkholderia cepacia

What microbe does MAC w/ cipro help identify via growth

cipro resistant gram neg bacilli

What microbe does the LJ slant help identify via growth

mycobacterium species