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Blood agar

Blood agar

(Science: cell culture) An agar-based medium which hasbeen enriched with sterilised, defibinated blood (sheep, rabbit or horse). It is used for primary plating andsubculturing, especially to determine bacterial haemolysis.


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Help with my unknow??

... all negative simmon citrate- negative catalase- positive MS- negative blood agar- alpha urease- negative

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by tweetka1
Sun Apr 28, 2013 4:58 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Help with my unknow??
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Animal-Derived Laboratory Reagents

... the animals are being slaughtered more for the meat than to get the blood to make these products. Am I right in thinking this? Primary & ... to die every time I place a new order for an antibody? Sheep’s blood agar: Unlike the bovine products, I wouldn’t think sheep are being killed ...

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by southtowns18
Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:13 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Animal-Derived Laboratory Reagents
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Microbiology HELP QUICK!

... bacteria here please: Catalase test postive coagulase test negative msa agar changed to yellow Purple cocci clusters Blood agar with neomycin in in and i observed nothing on this i wasnt sure what this meant? ...

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by Goldendog232
Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:08 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Microbiology HELP QUICK!
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Gram Positive Cocci

... appear as though it is a short fat bacilli) or irregular clusters. Blood Agar: Gamma hemolytic EMB: Colorless growth (does not ferment lactose) MS Agar: No growth TSI: ...

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by lucrezia03
Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:58 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Gram Positive Cocci
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Re:

... for spotting it. I am not sure what causes the darker coloration of the agar (I'd call it deep red rather than black from what I see), but it is ... of hemolysin expression in bacteria that use it to obtain iron from red blood cells. Thus, on standard blood agar these bacteria (e.g. Streptococcus ...

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by triton
Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:53 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Black coloration of sheep blood agar
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