Brilliant Green Agar 20. Brilliant Green Agar is a highly selective medium for the isolation of Salmonella other than S. Typhi from feces and othermaterials. Brilliant Green Agar was first described by Kristensen et al. in 1925. Their formulation was modified slightly byKauffmann in 1935.

Trypticase™ Soy Agar II with 5% Horse Blood 20. BD Trypticase™ Soy Agar with 5% Horse Blood (TSA II) is a nutritious general purpose medium for the isolation andcultivation of nonfastidious and fastidious microorganisms from a variety of clinical and non-clinical materials and thedetection of hemolytic reactions.

Trypticase™ Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (TSA II™) // MacConkey II Agar 20. BD Trypticase™ Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (TSA II) is a nutritious general purpose medium for the cultivation of fastidious microorganisms from a variety of clinical and non-clinical materials and the detection of hemolytic reactions. MacConkey II Agar is a selective and differential medium for the detection of coliform organisms and enteric pathogens fromclinical and non-clinical specimens.

Group A Selective Strep Agar (SSA™) // Trypticase™ Soy Agar (TSA II™) with 5% Sheep Blood 20. Group A Selective Strep Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (SSA™) is recommended as a primary selective plating medium forthe isolation of group A streptococci (S. pyogenes) from throat cultures and other specimens in which the presence ofS. pyogenes is suspected. Group B streptococci will also grow on this medium; most other streptococci, neisseriae, staphylococciand Gram-negative bacteria are inhibited. BD Trypticase™ TSA II is used for cultivating fastidious microorganisms andfor the visualization of hemolytic reactions produced by many bacterial species.

Legionella BCYE Agar with L-Cysteine 10. Buffered Coal Yeast Agar is used for the isolation and cultivation of Legionella species.

Seven H11 Agar (Deep Fill) 10. Used in qualitative procedures for isolation and cultivation of mycobacteria, especially Mycobacterium tuberculosis, fromclinical and non-clinical specimens. The plates are deep-filled to reduce the effects of drying during prolonged incubation.

Campylobacter Agar with 5 Antimicrobics and 10% Sheep Blood 20. Campylobacter Agar with 5 Antimicrobics and 10% Sheep Blood (Campy-BAP) is a selective medium for the primary isolation of Campylobacter jejuni and other cephalothin resistant Campylobacter species from stool specimens.

CLED (Cystine Lactose-Electrolyte-Deficient) Agar 20. CLED Agar (Cystine-Lactose-Electrolyte-Deficient Agar) is a differential culture medium for use in isolating and enumerating bacteria in urine. It supports the growth of urinary pathogens and contaminants but prevents undue swarming of Proteusspecies due to its lack of electrolytes.

Columbia Agar with 5% Sheep Blood 20. This is a highly nutritious general purpose medium for the isolation and cultivation of nonfastidious and fastidious microorganisms from a variety of clinical and non-clinical materials. It derives its superior growth-supporting properties from thecombination of two peptones and yeast extract as a supplier of the B complex vitamins.

Columbia CNA Agar with 5% Sheep Blood 20. This is a selective and differential medium used for the isolation of Gram-positive microorganisms from clinical and non-clinical materials.

Endo Agar 20. Endo Agar is a slightly selective and differential medium for the isolation, cultivation, and differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae and several other Gram-negative rods from both clinical and non-clinical specimens.

MacConkey II Agar 20. MacConkey II Agar is a selective and differential medium for the isolation and differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae and a variety of other Gram-negative rods from clinical and non-clinical specimens.

Mannitol Salt Agar 20. Mannitol Salt Agar is a selective and differential medium for the isolation and enumeration of staphylococci from clinical and non-clinical specimens and their differentiation according to mannitol fermentation.

Mueller Hinton II Agar with 5% Sheep Blood 20. BD Mueller Hinton Agar with 5% Sheep Blood, available in several plate formats and package sizes, is recommended for disc diffusion susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other streptococci as standardized by CLSI (formerlythe National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards NCCLS).

Mueller Hinton II Agar 20. Mueller Hinton II Agar, available in several plate formats and package sizes, is used in the standardized disc diffusion procedure for determining the susceptibility of rapidly growing aerobic organisms to antimicrobial agents.

Mueller Hinton Chocolate Agar 20. May be used for the susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and for the isolation and cultivation of fastidious bacteria from clinical specimens.

Sabouraud Glucose Agar 20. Sabouraud Dextrose Agar is used for isolation and cultivation of fungi from clinical and non-clinical material.

Sabouraud Glucose Agar with Gentamycin and Chloramphenicol 20. Sabouraud Glucose Agar with Gentamycin and Chloramphenicol is a selective medium for the isolation of fungi from clinical and non-clinical material.

Trypticase™ Soy Agar 20. General purpose media which support the growth of nonfastidious as well as moderately fastidious microorganisms. The nutritional composition of Trypticase Soy Agar has made it a popular medium for many years. It is the medium specifiedas Soybean-Casein Digest Agar Medium in the United States Pharmacopeia, European Pharmacopeia, and Japanese Pharmacopeiafor the total aerobic microbial count portion of the microbial limit testing procedures. The medium is used for a multitude ofpurposes including maintenance of stock cultures, plate counting, isolation of microorganisms from a variety of specimen types and as a base for media containing blood. It is included in the compendia of methods for the examination of water, wastewater and foods.

Trypticase™ Soy Agar II with 5% Sheep Blood 20. BD Trypticase™ Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (TSA II) is a nutritious general purpose medium for the isolation and cultivation of nonfastidious and fastidious microorganisms from a variety of clinical and non-clinical materials and thedetection of hemolytic reactions.

Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate (XLD) Agar 20. Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate Agar is a moderately selective and differential medium for the isolation and differentiation of Gram-negative enteric pathogens from both clinical and non-clinical specimens (Salmonella and Shigella). It is especiallysuitable for the isolation of Shigella species.

GC-Chocolate Agar 20. Chocolate Agar (GCII Agar with BD IsoVitaleX™) is a non-selective medium for the isolation and cultivation of fastidious microorganisms, especially Neisseria and Haemophilus species, from a variety of clinical specimens.