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What's the difference between chocolate agar medium and blood agar medium?
Can you tell me what's the difference between chocolate agar medium and blood agar medium?
Sure! Chocolate agar medium is made by subjecting heated blood agar to partial digestion, which lyses red blood cells and releases certain important nutrients. As a result, chocolate agar is ideal for fastidious organisms, such as Haemophilus influenzae, which grow better on chocolate agar than on blood agar.