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What's the difference between chocolate agar medium and blood agar medium?
Why is blood agar medium used in microbiology?
Blood agar medium, on the other hand, is a general-purpose medium that's frequently used in microbiology for the isolation, cultivation, and identification of various bacterial species. Blood agar contains a nutrient-rich base and, as the name suggests, it also contains red blood cells that can be hemolyzed (lysed) by certain bacteria.