🧫 Basic Culture Media & Their Functions From routine diagnostics to fastidious pathogens, culture media guide us every step of the way 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 🔴 Blood Agar • Enriched medium • Shows hemolysis patterns (α, β, γ) 🍫 Chocolate Agar • Supports fastidious bacteria • Especially Haemophilus and Neisseria 🟣 MacConkey Agar • Selective & differential • Lactose fermentation tells a lot 👀 🧪 Thioglycollate Broth • Nutritious broth–like enrichment medium • Supports a wide range of organisms • Helps de