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Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) glycerol media |
Recommend medium for human type tubercle. Malachite green: inhibitory to organisms other than mycobacteria & also provide colour contrast to recognize colonise even when they are small. Glycerol enhance growth. The colonies of M. tuberculosis: rough, tough, buff to yellowish colour and luxuriant growth. |
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LJ pyruvate medium |
Used for isolation M. bovis. The colonies: tiny, transparent and later becoming white. Growth is poor even when confluent. |
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Dorset egg |
Non-selective medium well suited for maintenance of pure cultures of Mycobacterium. |
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Dubo's medium |
Earliest liquid medium that gives uniformly dispersed cultures used for sensitivity tests and biochemical tests. |
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Selective Kirchner medium |
Enrichment medium ideal for specimen other than sputum and should be used parallel with LJ medium. |
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Middlebrook 7H9 broth |
Isolation, cultivation amd identification of Mycobacterium. |
