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Culture Media

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Definition: Any liquid or solid preparation made specifically for the growth, storage, or transport of microorganisms or other types of cells. The variety of media that exist allow for the culturing of specific microorganisms and cell types, such as differential media, selective media, test media, and defined media. Solid media consist of liquid media that have been solidified with an agent such as AGAR or GELATIN.     
Examples Culture Media, Conditioned; Culture Media, Serum-Free 		Other names Media, Culture
Substances having this pharmacologic action: Agar
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
alpha minimal essential medium  0   Organic Chemicals Culture Media Tissue Preservation. Endod Dent Traumatol 2000 Apr;16(2):63-70
McCoy's 5A medium  0   Organic Chemicals Culture Media. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998 Jul;102(1):78-83
CPS ID2 agar  0   *Agar Culture Media. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 1996 Apr;14(4):215-9
7-ethyl-2-methyl-4-undecanol  103-20-8   *Fatty Alcohols Culture Media. Rev Argent Microbiol 1995 Apr-Jun;27(2):57-69
Lie-Selvig's solution  0   *Calcium Chloride *Phosphates Culture Media Solutions. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1995 Mar;79(3):311-20
5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolylglucuronide  18656-89-8   *Glucuronates *Indoles Culture Media. J Clin Microbiol 1995 Jan;33(1):199-201
VMGA III  0   Organic Chemicals Culture Media. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1993 Dec;8(6):375-82
HAT protocol  0   *Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols Aminopterin Thymidine Hypoxanthine Culture Media. Cancer Lett 1986;31(3):305
gellan gum  71010-52-1 Gellan gum  *Polysaccharides, Bacterial Culture Media. J Clin Microbiol 1986;23(3):500
substrate adhesion molecules  0   *Membrane Glycoproteins Cell Adhesion Culture Media. J Cell Physiol 1986;126(2):174
tryptose  84843-69-6   Organic Chemicals Culture Media. Dev Biol Stand 1985;60:25
BGJ culture medium  0   *Isotonic Solutions Organic Chemicals Culture Media. Bull Tokyo Med Dent Univ 26(4):273;1979
McCarey-Kaufman medium  0   Organic Chemicals Culture Media. Can J Ophthalmol 12:123;1977; Invest Ophthal 13:165;1974
perfluorotributylamine  311-89-7 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluoro-N,N-bis(nonafluorobutyl)-1-butanamine  *Fluorocarbons Blood Substitutes Culture Media. Acta Physiol Scand 98(3):356;1976; Gastroenterology 74(2):210;1978; J Surg Res 20(6);595;1976; Nephron 22(4-6):423;1978; Probl Gematol Pereliv Krovi 19(7):48;1974; Verh Dtsch Ges Pathol 62:312;1978

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