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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]]''.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/legionella/files/LegionellaProcedures-508.pdf</ref> |
'''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]]''.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/legionella/files/LegionellaProcedures-508.pdf</ref> |
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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 | |
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 |date=October 1998 |pmid=9780107 |doi= 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00125-1|url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0002939498001251}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:14, 15 January 2014
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.[1]
It has also been used for the recovery of Acanthamoeba keratitis.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.cdc.gov/legionella/files/LegionellaProcedures-508.pdf
- ^ Penland RL, Wilhelmus KR (October 1998). "Laboratory diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis using buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar". Am. J. Ophthalmol. 126 (4): 590–2. doi:10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00125-1. PMID 9780107.
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