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  2. McFarland standards - Wikipedia

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    McFarland standards. No. 0.5, 1 and 2. In microbiology, McFarland standards are used as a reference to adjust the turbidity of bacterial suspensions so that the number of bacteria will be within a given range to standardize microbial testing.

  3. Czapek medium - Wikipedia

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    Czapek medium, also called Czapek's agar (CZA) [1] [2] or Czapek-Dox medium, is a growth medium for propagating fungi and other organisms in a laboratory. It was named after its inventors, Czech botanist Friedrich Johann Franz Czapek (May 16, 1868 – July 31, 1921) and American chemist Arthur Wayland Dox (September 19, 1882 – 1954).

  4. Granada medium - Wikipedia

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    Granada agar is used for the primary isolation, identification and screening of β-hemolytic GBS from clinical specimens. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] This culture medium is selective for GBS, nevertheless other microorganisms (such as enterococci and yeasts ), resistant to the selective agents used, can develop as colorless or white colonies.

  5. Hardy Diagnostics - Wikipedia

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    Hardy Diagnostics is an American company that manufactures and sells bacteriological culture media, reagents, automated microscope slide staining machines, and rapid identification kits for microbiological testing in clinical, research, and industrial laboratories. The company's culture media is useful in the detection of bacterial pathogens ...

  6. Vogel–Johnson agar - Wikipedia

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    Vogel–Johnson agar is a type of agar growth medium selective for coagulase-positive staphylococci. It is used to isolate Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens and food. It was first described by Vogel and Johnson, who modified the Tellurite Glycine Agar recipe by Zebovitz et al. by doubling the mannitol concentration to 1% (w/v) and ...

  7. Buffered charcoal yeast extract agar - Wikipedia

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    Buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE) agar is a selective growth medium used to culture or grow certain types of bacteria, particularly the Gram-negative species Legionella pneumophila. [1] It has also been used for the laboratory diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis , [ 2 ] Francisella and Nocardia spp .

  8. Nutrient agar - Wikipedia

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    Nutrient agar is a general-purpose solid medium supporting growth of a wide range of non-fastidious organisms. It typically contains ( mass/volume ): [ 1 ] 0.5% peptone – this provides organic nitrogen

  9. M17 agar - Wikipedia

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    11.0 g Agar; Preparation: 1. Heat with frequent agitation and boil for 1 minute to completely dissolve. 2. Autoclave at 121 °C for 15 minutes. Cool to 50 °C. 3. Add 50 ml filter sterilized 10% lactose solution and mix well (the lactose can be exchanged to other carbohydrates e.g. glucose, resulting in GM17 medium)