- MacConkey agar
- Mac·Con·key agar (mə-kongґke) [Alfred Theodore MacConkey, English bacteriologist, 1861–1931] see under culture medium.
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agar de MacConkey — un medio de cultivo utilizado para la identificación de patógenos entéricos que fermentan la lactosa, inhibiendo el crecimiento de los gérmenes Gram positivos. Las colonias de los gérmenes que fermentan la lactasa colorean el medio de rojo. El… … Diccionario médico
MacConkey&’s agar — Agar based medium used for isolation of bacteria from faeces etc. Contains lactose and neutral red as an indicator so that lactose fermenting bacteria will produce red pink colonies … Dictionary of molecular biology
Agar McConkey — Una placa de cultivo de McConkey incubada con E. coli … Wikipedia Español
MacConkey's agar — Mac·Con·key s agar or Mac·Con·key agar mə käŋ kē(z) n an agar culture medium containing bile salts and lactose that is used esp. to isolate coliform bacteria MacConkey Alfred Theodore (1861 1931) British bacteriologist. MacConkey introduced the… … Medical dictionary
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
