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Culture media - Coggle Diagram
Culture media
Basic components
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Nitrogen source
Peptones, meat extract, yeast extract
Growth factors
Vitamins, Amino acids for fastidious microbes
Agar
non-nutritive solidifying agents (melts at approx. 100 C, solidifies approx. 42 C)
Minerals
phosphate, magnesium, iron
Water
solvent, nutrient transport
Classification
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Function/Purpose
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Enriched - blood, serum or special nutrients for fastidious organisms eg, blood agar
Anaerobic - reducing agents, supports obligate anaerobes
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Special media for certain organisms are needed to address their special needs. eg. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) medium, Vibrio cholerae TCBS agar, Alkaline peptone water