heart-infusion broth

  • 1Brain heart infusion broth — (or BHI broth) is a highly nutritious general purpose growth medium for fastidious microorganisms, such as streptococci, pneumococci and meningococci. [http://www.usbio.net/Product.aspx?ProdSku=B2701 07] It is made by the recuperation of… …

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  • 2brain-heart infusion medium — an agar medium containing calf brain and beef heart infusion, peptone, glucose, and phosphate buffer; sheep blood may also be added. It is used for the cultivation of bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi. A broth medium without the agar is used for …

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  • 3carbohydrate broth — a broth medium that contains heart infusion or peptone, sodium chloride, and an indicator supplemented with a single carbohydrate, used to test the ability to ferment various sugars …

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  • 4Todd-Hewitt broth — a liquid medium containing beef heart infusion, peptone, glucose, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and phosphate buffer, used for growing streptococci for serological grouping …

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  • 5HIB — heart infusion broth; hemolytic immune body; Haemophilus influenzae type B [vaccine] * * * Hib hib, .ā .chī bē n, often attrib a serotype of a bacterium of the genus Haemophilus (H. influenzae type B) that causes bacterial meningitis and… …

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  • 6HIB — • heart infusion broth; • hemolytic immune body; • Haemophilus influenzae type B [vaccine] …

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  • 7BHI — biosynthetic human insulin; brain heart infusion [broth]; British Humanities Index; Bureau of Health Insurance …

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  • 8BHI — • biosynthetic human insulin; • brain heart infusion [broth]; • British Humanities Index; • Bureau of Health Insurance …

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  • 9BHIB — dairy abbr. Brain Heart Infusion Broth …

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  • 10sodium chloride (6.5 per cent) culture medium — a broth medium containing beef heart infusion, peptone, and 6.5 per cent sodium chloride, used for the selective culture of enterococci (especially group D streptococci) and other salt tolerant organisms. Nutrient broth or soybean casein digest… …

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