Chocolate Agar Archives | Microbe Notes

Modified Thayer Martin Agar

February 4, 2021August 14, 2019 bySagar Aryal

Thayer and Martin reported an improvement of the Chocolate Agar formulation that contained antimicrobics vancomycin, colistin and nystatin have been added to minimize overgrowth by contaminants, suppress the growth of saprophytic Neisseria sp., and enhance the growth of pathogenic Neisseria. …Read more

Chocolate Agar

February 4, 2021March 25, 2019 bySagar Aryal

Chocolate agar is essentially the same as blood agar except that during preparation the red blood cells are lysed when added to molten agar base. As a result, the cell lysis releases intracellular nutrients such as hemoglobin, hemin (“X” factor), …Read more