yeast agar - meaning and definition. What is yeast agar
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What (who) is yeast agar - definition

CULTURE MEDIUM USED IN MICROBIOLOGY
BYCE; CYE agar; Charcoal yeast extract; Charcoal yeast extract agar; BCYE

Buffered charcoal yeast extract agar         
Buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE) agar is a selective growth medium used to culture or grow certain types of bacteria, particularly the Gram-negative species Legionella pneumophila. It has also been used for the laboratory diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis, Francisella and Nocardia.
Agar-agar         
  • The structure of an [[agarose]] polymer.
  • A [[blood agar]] plate used to culture bacteria and diagnose infection
  • [[Ogonori]], the most common red algae used to make agar
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THICKENING AGENT USED IN MICROBIOLOGY AND FOOD
Agar agar; Kanten; Agar-Agar; Agar-agar; E406; Awgar; Agar gel; Jaffna moss; Agaroid; Agar-agar jelly
·noun A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).
II. Agar-agar ·add. ·noun A gelatinlike substance, or a solution of it, prepared from certain seaweeds containing gelose, and used in the artificial cultivation of bacteria;
- often called agar, by abbreviation.
Agar         
  • The structure of an [[agarose]] polymer.
  • A [[blood agar]] plate used to culture bacteria and diagnose infection
  • [[Ogonori]], the most common red algae used to make agar
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THICKENING AGENT USED IN MICROBIOLOGY AND FOOD
Agar agar; Kanten; Agar-Agar; Agar-agar; E406; Awgar; Agar gel; Jaffna moss; Agaroid; Agar-agar jelly
Agar ( or ), or agar-agar, is a jelly-like substance consisting of polysaccharides obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae, primarily from ogonori (Gracilaria) and "tengusa" (Gelidiaceae).

Wikipedia

Buffered charcoal yeast extract agar

Buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE) agar is a selective growth medium used to culture or grow certain types of bacteria, particularly the Gram-negative species Legionella pneumophila. It has also been used for the laboratory diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis, Francisella and Nocardia.

This culture is to be differentiated from regular yeast extract agar, which is not selective.