Tryptic Soy Blood Agar Base No. 2, Tryptic Soy Blood Agar
Base EH and Trypticase Soy Agar, Modified (TSA II) supplemented
with blood are used for cultivating fastidious microorganisms and
for the visualization of hemolytic reactions produced by many
bacterial species.
Tryptic (Trypticase) Soy Broth (Soybean-Casein Digest Medium)
is a general purpose medium used in qualitative procedures for
the cultivation of fastidious and nonfastidious microorganisms
from a variety of clinical and nonclinical specimens.
Fluid Thioglycollate Medium and NIH Thioglycollate Broth/
Sterility Test Broth conform with specifications of The United
States Pharmacopeia (USP).
Fluid Thioglycollate Medium (FTM) is used for the sterility
testing of biologics and for the cultivation of anaerobes,
aerobes and microaerophiles.
Phenylethyl Alcohol (PEA) Agar is a selective medium for the
isolation of gram-positive organisms, particularly gram-positive
cocci, from specimens of mixed gram-positive and gram-negative
flora.1 The medium, when supplemented with 5% sheep
blood, should not be used for determination of hemol...
Chocolate agar is a nutrient medium which is used in culturing fastidious organisms such as Haemophilus species and Neisseria. It is comprised of sheep blood that provides the X and V factors necessary for Haemophilus growth. Chocolate agar, however, does not reveal hemolysis data, so species dif...
