Brain Heart Agar Base

Brain Heart Agar Base is suitable for the culture of a large variety of microorganisms including yeasts & molds. After addition of sheep’s blood, the media is used for the culture of fastidious bacteria in a veterinary domain. After addition of gentamycin and chloramphenicol, a selective media, is obtained that is suitable for the culture of pathogenic fungi in heavily contaminated bacterial samples and saprophytic molds. In light of its glucose content, the media is not suitable for the characterization of hemolysis.