Eaton's agar

Eaton's agar is a type of agar media is used to grow Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

One recipe for the cultivation of M. pneumoniae (Eaton's agar) includes (v/v):^[1]

70% Difco PPLO (pleuropneumonia-like organism) agar or broth base
20% unheated horse serum
10% fresh aqueous extract of baker's yeast
1000 units/ml Penicillin G

References

↑ Dajani AS, Clyde WA, Denny FW (1965). "Experimental infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Eaton's agent)". The Journal of Experimental Medicine 121 (6): 1071–1086. doi:10.1084/jem.121.6.1071. PMC 2138014. PMID 14319403.

Actinobacteria	Mycobacterium tuberculosis Löwenstein–Jensen medium Middlebrook 7H9 Broth Middlebrook 7H10 Agar Middlebrook 7H11 Agar Mycoplasma pneumoniae Eaton's agar

Firmicutes	Corynebacterium diphtheriae Hoyle's agar Enterococcus Bile esculin agar Lactobacillus MRS agar Lactococcus M17 agar Staphylococcus Mannitol salt agar

Gram negative

Alphaproteobacteria	Brucella Brucella agar

Betaproteobacteria	Neisseria Thayer-Martin agar

Gammaproteobacteria	Bordetella Bordet-Gengou agar Enterobacteriaceae VRBD agar Haemophilus influenzae/Legionella pneumophila Buffered charcoal yeast extract agar Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimide agar Salmonella XLT agar DCA agar Salmonella/Shigella XLD agar

Differential media

Fungal media

Nonselective media

Other/ungrouped media

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