Media Suitable for Growth & Isolation of Specific Microorganisms

Actinomyces bovis

Brain Heart Infusion Glucose broth/agar, Thioglycollate broth (anaerobic).

Bacillus anthracis

Almost all media.

Bacteroides sp.

Blood agar, Thioglycollate broth (anaerobic).

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Blood agar, Beef Infusion Glucose agar, Sabouraud's Glucose agar (+ antibiotic).

Bordetella pertussis

Glycerin Potato, Bordet-Gengou agar.

Brucella sp.

Trypticase Soy agar, Castañeda medium.

Candida albicans

Sabouraud's Glucose agar.

Clostridium sp.

Thioglycollate broth, Anaerobic Blood agar, Cooked Meat medium.

Coccidioides immitis

Sabouraud's Glucose agar.

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Loeffler Blood serum medium, Cystine Tellurite Blood agar.

Cryptococcus neoformans

Blood agar, Beef Infusion Glucose agar.

E. coli and other coliforms

EMB, Endo agar, MacConkey.

Francisella tularensis

Cystine Glucose Blood agar.

Fungi/dermatophytes

Sabouraud's Dextrose agar, Corn Meal agar.

Haemophilus influenzae

Chocolate agar.

Histoplasma capsulatum

BHI Glucose broth, Sabouraud's Glucose agar.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Lowenstein Jensen Medium, Petrogani medium.

Nocardia asteroides

Beef Infusion Blood agar.

Proteus vulgaris

EMB, MacConkey.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Blood agar, EMB, MacConkey.

Rickettsia and Chlamydia

Chick embryo, tissue culture.

Salmonella, Shigella

Deoxycholate agar, Salmonella-Shigella agar, MacConkey, Tetrathionate broth.

Staphylococcus and Streptococcus

Trypticase Soy broth, Brain Heart Infusion, Blood agar.