Culture Medium

Question 1

Alkaline Peptone Water (APW)

Answer 1

Enrichment for Vibrio spp.

Question 2

Bordet-Gengou Agar/Potato Blood-Glycerol Agar

Answer 2

Bordetella pertussis

Question 3

Buffered Charcoal-Yeast Extract (BCYE)

Answer 3

Legionella spp.

Question 4

Cetrimide Agar

Answer 4

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 5

Cefsoludin-Irgasan Novobiocin (CIN)

Answer 5

Yersinia enterolitica

Question 6

Chocolate Agar

Answer 6

Haemophillus & Neiserria spp.

Question 7

Cycloserine Cefoxitin Fructose Agar (CCFA)

Answer 7

Clostridium difficile

Question 8

Cystine Tellurite Blood Agar (CTBA)

Answer 8

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Question 9

Fletcher Semisolid Medium

Answer 9

Enrichment for Leptospira

Question 10

Hektoin Enteric Agar (HEA)

Answer 10

Salmonella and Shigella spp.

Question 11

Loeffler Coagulated Serum Slant

Answer 11

Enhance Metachromatic Granules – C. diphtheriae

Question 12

Lowenstein-Jensten Medium

Answer 12

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Question 13

MacConkey Agar (MAC)

Answer 13

Selective for Coliform bacteria. Differential for LF and NLF.

Question 14

MacConkey Sorbitol Agar (SMAC)

Answer 14

E. coli O157:H7

Question 15

Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA)

Answer 15

Selective for Staphylococcus aureus

Question 16

Phenylethyl Alcohol (PEA)

Answer 16

Gram positive cocci

Question 17

Salmonella Shigella Agar (SSA)

Answer 17

Selective medium for Salmonella and Shigella

Question 18

Selenite F

Answer 18

Enrichment for Salmonella from stool

Question 19

Streptococcal Selective Agar (SSA)

Answer 19

S. pyogenes and S. agalactiae

Question 20

Thiosulfate Citrate Bile salt sucrose agar (TCBS)

Answer 20

Selective for Vibrio spp.

Question 21

Gentamicin Blood Agar Plate (GBAP)

Answer 21

Selective for Streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 22

Bacitracin Chocolate Agar Plate (BCAP)

Answer 22

Selective for Haemophilus influenzae

Question 23

Cysteine Blood Glucose Agar

Answer 23

Selective for Francisella tularensis

Question 24

GC-LECT Agar

Answer 24

Gram negative cocci

Question 25

Cystine Trypticase Agar

Answer 25

Confirm **Neisseria gonorrhea**

Question 26

Bacteriodes bile-esculin Agar (BBE)

Answer 26

Selective differential for **Bacteriodes fragilis**

Question 27

Thioglycolate Broth

Answer 27

Thioglycolate Broth

Question 28

Ashdown medium

Answer 28

**Burkholdria pseudomallei**

Question 29

Bismuth sulfite agar

Answer 29

Salmonella typhi

Question 30

**Charcoal cephalexin blood agar**

Answer 30

Preffered in **Bordetella pertussis**

Question 31

Chocolate agar with Horse Blood

Answer 31

Haemophillus spp.

Question 32

Czapek's Agar

Answer 32

Nocardia asteriodes, **Aspergillus spp.**

Question 33

Middlebrook 7H10

Answer 33

Mycobacteria

Question 34

**Skirrow Agar**

Answer 34

Campylobacter spp,

Question 35

Human Blood Tween (HBT) Agar

Answer 35

**Gardnerella vaginalis**

Question 36

Biphasic Castaneda Bottles

Answer 36

**Brucella**

Question 37

**Blood Cysteine Glucose Agar with Thymine**

Answer 37

Francisella tularensis

Question 38

Modified Todd Heweitt Broth

Answer 38

S. agalactiae

Question 39

Cystine Tripticase Agar (CTA) sugars

Answer 39

Differentiate Neiserria by carbohydrate fermentation

Question 40

Kelly's medium

Answer 40

Borrellia

Question 41

Mcbride medium

Answer 41

**Listeria monocytogenes**

Question 42

Regan Lowe/Cephalexin Agar

Answer 42

**Bordetella pertussis**

Question 43

Schaedlar agar

Answer 43

Selective Campylobacter and Helicobacter

Question 44

Shepard's medium

Answer 44

Mycoplasma

Question 45

Tween 80 albumin broth

Answer 45

Spirochetes

Question 46

Pai medium

Answer 46

C. diphtheriae

Question 47

McCoy Cells

Answer 47

Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 48

Chick embryo

Answer 48

Chlamydia ricketsia

Question 49

Lombard Dowell Medium

Answer 49

Anaerobe

Question 50

Methylene Blue Milk

Answer 50

Enterococci

Question 51

Tomato Juice Agar

Answer 51

Lactobacillus acidophillus