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What are the types of media and the samples which cultre on ?

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Question added by Saleh AL Shami , Administrative Consultant , Freelance Job
Date Posted: 2017/03/17
saravana kumar narayanan
by saravana kumar narayanan , Executive , Pfizer

There are two types of media.Differential and specific media.For general microbial recovery and growth, general media such as SCDA,NA,R2A were used. For recovery of particular organism, specific media such as MA,MB,XLDA,VRBGA,MSA has been used .

Kumar Ritesh Ranjan RANJAN
by Kumar Ritesh Ranjan RANJAN , Senior officer-Microbiology , SUN PHARMA LABORATORIES LIMITED,SIKKIM

Media are basicaly two types, differential media and selective media, Mixed population of microbes are cultured on differential media, such as R2A Agar is used for total bacterial count , generaly Soyabean casein digest Agar are used for total viable aerobic count.selective media are that which support only single and selective species and colour indication , such as Cetrimide Agar is used for Pseudomas species,

Xylose lysine dextrose Agar is used for Salmonella Species, Macconkey Agar, EMB Agar is used for E Coli species. etc.

Selective media,minimal media,enriched media,differential media

Sharav Desai
by Sharav Desai , Assistant Professor , Pioneer Pharmacy Degree College

Broadly Aerobic and Anaerobic media are employed. The answer to the question is quite lengthy to explain because for one species several types of media can be used. So the answer again depends on the species.Further blood agar can be utilized for streptococci but can also occur employed for some other. Urine, blood, chocolate, bile can be added to base media for growth and selection. Lastly, the media selection depends on the purpose of what it is to imply practiced like for growth or preservation.

PHILIP ROYSON PEREIRA
by PHILIP ROYSON PEREIRA , Medical Laboratory Technician , KIMS Healthcare Management

blood, urine, sputum, pus, stool, CSF and other body fluids, tissue fragments

common media: blood agar, chocolate agar, mackonkey's agar, muller hinton agar

Mahwish asif
by Mahwish asif , INSURANCE EXECUTIVE , Thumbay hospital LLC

BLOOD, URINE, THROAT SWAB,CSF, PLEURAL FLUID, PERITONEAL FLUID,SPUTUM, PUS ARE SOME SAMPLES USED FOR CULTURE

MEDIAS ARE OF VARIOUS TYPES-ENRICHED-BLOOD AGAR, SELECTIVE-MACKONKEY AGAR, BROTHS-LOVENSTEIN-JENSON MEDIM FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

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