Multiple choice

________ and ________ are examples of enriched media.

  1. Blood agar, Hektoen Enteric Agar

  2. Eosin Methylene Blue agar, Mannitol salt agar

  3. Hektoen Enteric Agar, Mannitol salt agar

  4. Eosin Methylene Blue agar, MacConkey agar

  5. Blood agar, Chocolate agar
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Explanation

Blood agar is both a differential and an enriched medium. The blood that is incorporated into this medium is an enrichment ingredient for the cultivation of fastidious organisms such as the Streptococcus species. Chocolate agar is an enriched culture media commonly used for primary isolation of Haemophilus species from clinical specimens.

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