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Thayer-Martin Medium

Product Information

Cat #

CBMM-87

Synonyms

Thayer–Martin agar, VPN agar

Specification

Standard and Custom Specifications

Appearance

Composition

contains vancomycin, colistin, nystatin

Sterility

Non-sterile

Method

Microbial culture medium is prepared according to a specific formula.

Applications

Research Use

Technology

Microbiological culture

Shipping condition

Shipping at RT

Storage

Room temperature

Sample Type

microbes

Function

Selective media for Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Strains

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Instruction

Recommendation

Please refer to the product instructions before culturing.

Features

Fast preparation

Description

This medium is a Mueller–Hinton agar with 5% chocolate sheep blood and antibiotics. It is used for culturing and primarily isolating pathogenic Neisseria bacteria, including Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis, as the medium inhibits the growth of most other microorganisms. When growing Neisseria meningitidis, one usually starts with a normally sterile body fluid (blood or CSF), so a plain chocolate agar is used.

For Research Use Only.

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