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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 types of [[bacteria]], particularly the [[Gram-negative]] species ''[[Legionella pneumophila]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/legionella/files/LegionellaProcedures-508.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-05-11 | |
'''Buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE)''' [[agar]] is a [[Growth medium#Selective media|selective growth medium]] used to [[microbiological culture|culture]] or grow certain types of [[bacteria]], particularly the [[Gram-negative]] species ''[[Legionella pneumophila]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/legionella/files/LegionellaProcedures-508.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-05-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612040950/http://www.cdc.gov/legionella/files/LegionellaProcedures-508.pdf |archivedate=2012-06-12 }}</ref> |
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It has also been used for the laboratory diagnosis 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}}</ref>, [[Francisella]] and [[Nocardia]]. |
It has also been used for the laboratory diagnosis 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}}</ref>, [[Francisella]] and [[Nocardia]]. |
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Revision as of 10:21, 27 September 2019
Buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE) agar is a selective growth medium used to culture or grow certain types of bacteria, particularly the Gram-negative species Legionella pneumophila.[1]
It has also been used for the laboratory diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis[2], Francisella and Nocardia.
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 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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