For isolation
This product has strong historical links with BioConnections.
Now the medium of choice for the routine isolation of clinically significant anaerobes, our medium supports the growth of most fastidious anaerobes. Classical colony formation, odour and fluorescence under UV are diagnostic features on this medium. The choice of peptones and growth factors provide early growth of most organisms whilst the starch has an important role as a de-toxification agent. The medium is often made selective for various groups of anaerobes by the addition of appropriate selective agents. |
For susceptibility testing
At ECCMID 2018 a poster was presented outlining the work towards the development of a EUCAST disk diffusion method for rapidly growing anaerobic bacteria using fastidious anaerobe agar (FAA).
'Conclusion: FAA is a reliable medium for disk diffusion of anaerobic bacteria when using agar from at least three manufacturers.' BioConnections is one of those manufacturers Link to poster abstract other items on FAA and susceptibility testing in the ESCMID elibrary include; Link to 'clinical Bacteroides fragilis & FAA' Link to anaerobes-susceptibility-FAA presentation |
Technical Information
Formula grams per litre Peptones mix 23.0 Bacteriological Agar 12.0 Sodium chloride 5.0 Starch 1.0 Glucose 1.0 Sodium pyruvate 1.0 Arginine 1.0 pH 7.3 +/- 0.2 |
Sodium succinate 0.5 Sodium bicarbonate 0.4 L-cysteine HCl 0.4 Ferric pyrophosphate 0.3 Haemin 0.005 Vitamin K 0.004 |
Preparation
Suspend 45.6 grams of powder in 1 litre of deionised water. Autoclave at 121C for 15 minutes. Cool to 48C and add 5-7% of sterile defibrinated horse or sheep blood. Mix well by swirling and pour into 90mm petri dishes. (Optional – The medium may be made selective by addition of antibiotic supplements.) Appearance: Dependant upon the oxygenation level of the added blood. Should not show signs of haemolysis. |
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