common anaerobic media: anaerobic blood agar, bacteroides bile esculin agar (BBE), Laked kanamycin-vancomycin (LKV), anaerobic phenylethyl alcohol agar (PEA), egg yolk agar (EYA), cycloserine cefoxitin fructose agar (CCFA), cooked meat broth, peptone–yeast extract–glucose broth (PYG), and thioglycollate broth