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Corn Meal Agar (CMA): Introduction, Principle, Composition, Test Procedure, Colony Characteristics and Uses
Introduction of Corn Meal Agar (CMA) Corn Meal Agar (CMA) is a well-established fungal medium that is a suitable substrate for chlamydospore production by Candida albicans and the maintenance of fungal stock cultures. This is a very simple formulation containing only cornmeal infusion and agar. The addition of glucose (0.2 g% w/v) to CMA will enhance the chromogenesis of some species of Trichophyton e.g. Trichophyton rubrum. Corn meal agar is an enrichment medium developed by Hazen...
Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA): Introduction, Principle, Composition, Test Procedure, Colony Characteristics and Uses
Introduction of Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) Potato Dextrose Agar ( PDA) is a fungal medium and its ingredients are clear from its name which contains potato ( vegetable), dextrose ( sugar), and agar ( solidifying agent). PDA is recommended for the isolation and enumeration of fungi (yeasts and molds) from water, dairy, other food products, and even clinical specimens ( skin scrappings). The nutritionally rich base, potato infusion encourages mold sporulation and pigment production in some dermatophytes (e.g.Trichophyton...
SDA Fungal Medium: Introduction, Principle, Composition, Preparation, Colony Characteristics and Uses
Introduction of SDA SDA stands for Sabouraud Dextrose Agar and Sabouraud is the surname of creator Raymond Jacques Adrien Sabouraud a French physician born in Nantes. He formulated SDA in 1892 for culturing dermatophytes. SDA is the most common fungal medium to recover the growth of fungi in Mycology. It is different from bacterial medium due to having main two properties, comparatively low pH (5.6) and high concentration of sugar. It is useful for the isolation, cultivation, and...