Tryptic Soy Agar, provided in bottles, is a partially completed
general purpose medium which, after pouring into Petri dishes or tubes, supports
the growth of nonfastidious as well as moderately fastidious microorganisms. In
clinical microbiology, it is not used for the isolation of pathogens from
clinical specimens but may be used for cultivating bacterial strains. After
supplementation with blood, it may be used as a primary isolation medium in
clinical microbiology.