Use and description of Nutrient Agar :
Field : Clinical microbiology, Food examination , Water testing
Special field : Aerobe application , Blood agar
Application :
-Medium for the cultivation of a wide variety of nonfastidious microorganisms.
-Supplemented with heat-hemolysed sheep or horse blood can be used for culture of fastidious bacteria
-Can be used for colony counting ( total cfu )
Special field of application :
- less nutritious bacteria