Use and description of Löwenstein Jensen Medium Base :
Field : Clinical microbiology
Special field : Mycobacteria
Organisms : Mycobacterium
Application :
- Differentiating media
- Media for isolation
- Selective media
- Media for Total Colony Count
Substantial composition : starch, glycerol, L-asparagine, malachite green, egg yolk
Special field of application :
- M. tuberculosis and atypic mycobacteria