Starch Agar, A Useful Culture Medium

A Chlorhexidine- Agar Plate Culture Medium Protocol to Complement Standard Broth Culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using parallel inoculation of a solid culture medium and a liquid broth provides the gold standard for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Here, we evaluated a chlorhexidine decontamination-MOD9 solid medium protocol versus the standard NALC-NaOH-Bactec 960 MGIT protocol for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by culture. Three-hundred clinical specimens...

Behavior of the Serum proteins in starch-agar-gel electrophoresis

A Simple Microelectrophoretic Method Using Starch-agar Gel.

A simple microelectrophoretic method of protein analysis using the gel of starch agar mixture is described. The method is easily standardized and the results show consistency and reproducibility. Protein patterns obtained show higher resolution than those of paper or agar-gel electrophoresis and simulate that of starch-gel electrophoresis. Developed protein patterns are suitable to quantitative...

Use of an improved cetrimide agar medium and other culture methods for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

In a comparison of two selective media for Ps. aeruginosa containing 0.03% cetrimide, stronger fluorescence was obtained from growth on the medium prepared with King's medium B as the base (CTA 2); although Ps. aeruginosa was not isolated more frequently from burns on this medium than from cetrimide agar made with a Lemco base (CTA 1), results were easier to assess and there were fewer cases of...

Acetamide agar medium selective for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

A synthetic base of acetamide and salts in agar permitted isolation of small numbers of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from swarming Proteus and other gram-negative species.