Classification Names Function

1. Transport Amie’s Medium To maintain viability of the

organisms from source to the
laboratory
2. Transport Cary and Blair Medium To maintain viability of the
organisms from source to the
laboratory
3. Enrichment Alkaline Peptone Water To increase the no. of
pathogenic Vibrio in the
specimen
4. Enrichment Broth Gram Negative Broth To increase the no. of
pathogens in stool
5. Enriched Chocolate Agar Enriched with heated blood
For cultivation of most
organisms esp. Haemophilus
and Neissera spp.
6. Enriched Dextrose Ascitic Fluid Agar To isolate organisms in CSF
7. Enriched and Blood Agar -Enriched with unheated blood
differential -Differentiates organism
through
8. Reducing or anaerobic Anaerobic Blood Agar For isolation of all anaerobes
9. Reducing or anaerobic Anaerobic Phenylethyl Alcohol -For isolation of obligate gr+
Agar and gr- anaerobes.
-Inhibits growth of enteric bacilli
and swarming of Proteus
10. Reducing or anaerobic Anaerobic Kanamycin For isolation of gr- anaerobes
Vancomycin Blood Agar esp. Bacteriodes, Prevotella
and some Fusobacterium
11. Reducing or anaerobic Anaerobic Kanamycin -For isolation of gr- anaerobes
Vancomycin Laked Blood Agar esp. Bacteriodes, Prevotella
and some Fusobacterium.
-Detection of pigment
production of Prevotella
12. Selective and Bacteriodes Bile Esculin (BBE) -Selective for Bacteriodes sps.
differential -Used to differentiate bile
resistant from bile sensitive
Bacteriodes sps.
13. Selective and Eosin Methylene Blue Agar -Selective for gr- enteric bacilli.
differential - It differentiates lactose from
non-lactose fermenting gr-
enteric bacilli
14. Selective and Hektoen Enteric Agar -Selective for gr- enteric bacilli.
differential - It differentiates lactose from
non-lactose fermenting gr-
enteric bacilli
15. Basic or general Brain Heart Infusion broth or Basic medium for isolation of
purpose medium agar microorganisms and can be
used for preparing pure culture
for antibiotic susceptibility test