2019Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen access

Growth of Clinically Important Gram-Negative Bacteria on MacConkey Agar under Aerobic versus CO 2 -Enriched Environment

Mohammad Rubayet Hasan, Mohammed Suleiman, Elizabeth Ilagan, Nigel D. Crouch, Andres Perez Lopez, Eva Thomas, Patrick Tang

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MacConkey agar is one of the earliest and most common bacteriological media used in clinical microbiology for the isolation and identification of Gram-negative bacteria ([1][1][–][2][3][3]). The medium has been listed as an aerobic medium for use with a wide range of clinical specimens ([4][4]),

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MacConkey agar is one of the earliest and most common bacteriological media used in clinical microbiology for the isolation and identification of Gram-negative bacteria ([1][1][–][2][3][3]). The medium has been listed as an aerobic medium for use with a wide range of clinical specimens ([4][4]),

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MacConkey agar is one of the earliest and most common bacteriological media used in clinical microbiology for the isolation and identification of Gram-negative bacteria ([1][1][–][2][3][3]). The medium has been listed as an aerobic medium for use with a wide range of clinical specimens ([4][4]),

Key concepts: MacConkey agar, Microbiology, Agar, Bacteria, Isolation (microbiology), Gram-negative bacteria, Gram, Clinical microbiology

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