Multiple choice

Which of the following is a culture medium for Neisseria?

  1. Eaton's agar

  2. Thayer-Martin agar

  3. Bismuth sulphite agar

  4. Bordet-Gengou agar

  5. Löwenstein-Jensen medium

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Thayer-Martin agar, a Mueller-Hinton agar with 5% chocolate sheep blood and antibiotics, is used for culturing and primarily isolating pathogenic Neisseria bacteria.