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MacConkey agar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A culture medium designed to grow gram-negative bacteria and differentiate them for lactose fermentation.

Word forms

MacConkey agar MacConkey agars

Etymology

The medium was developed by the bacteriologist Alfred Theodore MacConkey.

Derived words

sorbitol MacConkey agar

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