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blood agar

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blood agar
n.
A nutrient culture medium that is enriched with whole blood and used for the growth of certain strains of bacteria.
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Noun1.blood agar - a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient
agar, nutrient agar - any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
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Suspected colonies (swarming, nonhemolytic) were subcultured onto 5% sheep blood agar.
Possible seasonality of clostridium difficile in retail meat, Canada by Rodriguez-Palacios, Alexander; Reid-Smith, Richard J.; Staempfli, Henry R.; Daignault, Danielle; Jan / Emerging Infectious Diseases
For hemolysis production, 5% freshly pooled defibrinated blood was added in blood agar base and pure culture was point inoculated and incubated at 37[degrees]C for 24 hours.
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They UA shows positive nitrite and positive leukocytes but no growth on media (plated to blood agar and MacConkey's agar).
UA and culture do not agree by Baer, Daniel M. / Medical Laboratory Observer
 
 
 
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