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brain-heart infusion medium — an agar medium containing calf brain and beef heart infusion, peptone, glucose, and phosphate buffer; sheep blood may also be added. It is used for the cultivation of bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi. A broth medium without the agar is used for … Medical dictionary
meat infusion medium — see infusion m … Medical dictionary
medium# — medium n *mean, instrument, instrumentality, agent, agency, organ, vehicle, channel medium adj Medium, middling, mediocre, second rate, moderate, average, fair, indifferent mean midway, or about midway, between the extremes of a scale or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
medium — 1. A means; that through which an action is performed. 2. A substance through which impulses or impressions are transmitted. 3. SYN: culture m.. 4. The liquid holding a substance in solution or suspension. 5. Any of the substances in which a… … Medical dictionary
BHIA medium — brain heart infusion agar medium; see brain heart infusion medium … Medical dictionary
Brain heart infusion broth — (or BHI broth) is a highly nutritious general purpose growth medium for fastidious microorganisms, such as streptococci, pneumococci and meningococci. [http://www.usbio.net/Product.aspx?ProdSku=B2701 07] It is made by the recuperation of… … Wikipedia
gelatin culture medium — a medium containing extract or infusion broth solidified with 12 per cent gelatin, used to determine gelatinase activity in the identification of Serratia and Clostridium. The medium may be supplemented with thioglycolate for cultivation of… … Medical dictionary
Mueller-Hinton medium — an agar medium containing beef infusion, peptone, and starch, used for the primary isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis, and for antibiotic and sulfonamide susceptibility testing. A broth medium (MHB), prepared by omitting the… … Medical dictionary
dynamic infusion cavernosography — radiographic imaging of the corporal bodies and associated vasculature following infusion of contrast medium or saline solution directly into the corpus cavernosum; used for detection of venous leaks … Medical dictionary
beef infusion culture medium — see infusion m … Medical dictionary
