What is blood agar made of? Chocolate agar?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Blood agar contains general nutrients and 5% sheep blood. It is useful for cultivating fastidious organisms and for determining the hemolytic capabilities of an organism.
Chocolate agar is a variant of the blood agar plate, containing red blood cells that have been lysed by slowly heating to 80°C. Chocolate agar is used for growing fastidious respiratory bacteria
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