Match the following items with the correct phrases.

_______1. Although Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Haemophilus influenzae will not grow on blood agar, they will grow on ____________________.
_______2. ____________________ is a highly enriched and highly selective medium, used to isolate Neisseria gonorrhoeae from clinical specimens.
_______3. ____________________ is an example of a medium that is both enriched and
differential.
_______4. ____________________ is selective for Gram-positive bacteria.
_______5. ____________________ is an example of a medium that is selective and differential.


a. blood agar
b. chocolate agar
c. MacConkey agar
d. phenylethyl alcohol agar
e. Thayer-Martin agar


1. b. chocolate agar
2. e. Thayer-Martin agar
3. a. blood agar
4. d. phenylethyl alcohol agar
5. c. MacConkey agar

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