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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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Specialized blood cultures for Bartonella that used blood agar plates and liquid cell culture medium (6) were obtained.
A single typical Campylobacter colony from each of the two media was streaked for isolated colonies on Campylobacter blood agar (Fisher Scientific, Hampton, NH).
The samples were plated onto standard blood agar plates and incubated for 48 hours before being examined for pathogens.
 
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