- birdseed agar
- Staib a.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
birdseed agar
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agar — A complex polysaccharide (a sulfated galactan) derived from seaweed (various red algae); used as a solidifying agent in culture media; it has the valuable property of melting at 100°C, but not solidifying until 49°C. [Bengalese] bile salt a. an a … Medical dictionary
Littman agar — an agar medium containing peptone, oxgall, glucose, and crystal violet. Streptomycin may be added to inhibit bacteria, and the medium may be supplemented with birdseed extract. It is used for the isolation and culture of fungi … Medical dictionary
Staib agar — an agar medium containing an extract of Guizottia abyssinica seeds, creatinine, glucose, chloramphenicol, and diphenyl, used for the identification of the yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. Called also birdseed a … Medical dictionary
