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What does MAC stand for?

MacConkey Agar (microbiological media)


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coli and Enterococcus were isolated and assayed by membrane filtration on MacConkey agar and mEnterococcus agar, respectively.
Isolates of nonlactose fermenting, small, gram-negative rods were recovered from BAL fluid by using trypticase soy agar supplemented with 5% sheep blood, chocolate agar, and MacConkey agar incubated at 35[degrees]C in 5% C[O.
They run an ELISA test for Shiga toxins; they do not grow it on MacConkey agar with sorbitol.
coli O157:H7 counts were determined on sorbitol MacConkey agar.
Swabs from the nodules were streaked on blood and MacConkey agar plates and incubated at 37[degrees]C for 48 hours; no significant bacteria were isolated.
In the second part of this experiment, 1 mL of each sample was placed onto a MacConkey agar plate and an antibiotic disk was placed in the center of each plate.
Subsample Pilot Study To estimate the array of bacteria obtained on the Mannitol salt and MacConkey agar plates used in the sampling of the environmental surfaces, a subsample of colonies from 20 plates was examined using Gram-staining and the test described above for S.
Samples from positive bottles were subcultured onto 5% (vol/vol) sheep blood agar, MacConkey agar, and chocolate agar.

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