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selective and differential media

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Blood agar, sheep   Tryptic soy agar with 5% sheep blood added. Grows most non-fastidious bacteria  
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Chocolate agar   Enriched medium. Supplies X & V factors.  
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Columbia colistin-nalidixic acid agar (CNA)   Selective for gram positives. Colistin and nalidixic acid suppress most gram-negatives.  
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Phenylethyl alcohol agar   Selective for gram-positive cocci and anaerobic gram-negative rods.  
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Streptococcal selective agar (SSA)   Selective for Group A and B strep. Contains trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in 5% sheep blood.  
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Eosin methylene blue (EMB)   Selective, differential medium for enteric gram-negative rods. Eosin and methylene blue.  
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MacConkey agar (MAC)   Selective, differential medium for enteric gram-negative rods. Bile sale and crystal violet.  
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MacConkey sorbitol agar (SMAC)   Selective for E. coli 0157:H7, which does not ferment sorbitol. Colonies are colorless.  
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Hektoen enteric agar (HE)   Selective, differential medium for isolation of enteric pathogens from stool. Bile salts, bromothymol blue, and acid fushin inhibit normal GI flora.  
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Xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD)   Selective, differential medium for isolation f Salmonella and Shigella from stool.  
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Salmonella-Shigella agar (SS)   Selective for Salmonella and Shigella. Brillian green and bile salts inhibit coliforms.  
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Campylobacter blood agar (Campy BA)   Selective enrichment medium for isolation of Campylobacter form stool.  
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