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'''Buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE)''' [[agar]] is a [[Growth medium#Selective media|selective growth medium]] used to [[microbiological culture|culture]] or grow certain [[bacteria]], particularly the [[Gram-negative]] species ''[[Legionella pneumophila]]'' and ''[[Haemophilus influenzae]]''.
'''Buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE)''' [[agar]] is a [[Growth medium#Selective media|selective growth medium]] used to [[microbiological culture|culture]] or grow certain [[bacteria]], particularly the [[Gram-negative]] species ''[[Legionella pneumophila]]'' and ''[[Haemophilus influenzae]]''.{{fact}}

It has also been used for the recovery of ''[[Acanthamoeba keratitis]]''.<ref name="pmid9780107">{{cite journal |author=Penland RL, Wilhelmus KR |title=Laboratory diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis using buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar |journal=Am. J. Ophthalmol. |volume=126 |issue=4 |pages=590–2 |year=1998 |month=October |pmid=9780107 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0002939498001251}}</ref>

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Buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE) agar is a selective growth medium used to culture or grow certain bacteria, particularly the Gram-negative species Legionella pneumophila and Haemophilus influenzae.[citation needed]

It has also been used for the recovery of Acanthamoeba keratitis.[1]

References

  1. ^ Penland RL, Wilhelmus KR (1998). "Laboratory diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis using buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar". Am. J. Ophthalmol. 126 (4): 590–2. PMID 9780107. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)