Product Code: LAB001
A general purpose nutritious agar base formulated by Ellner et al. When further enriched by the addition of sterile blood, Columbia agar can be used for the isolation of most clinically significant anaerobes.
The blood can be 'chocolated' if required.The medium can be made selective for various groups by the addition of the appropriate antibiotic mixtures. eg:
Streptococci - Colistin/Oxolinic acid
Gardnerella spp. - Colistin/Nalidixic acid
C. perfringens - Neomycin
Campylobacters -
Staphylococci/streptococci - Colistin/Naladixic acid