Hektoen enteric agar
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hektoen-enteric-agar-215-157680
title:
Hektoen enteric agar
text:
Hektoen enteric agar is a selective and differential agar primarily used to recover Salmonella and Shigella from patient specimens. HEA contains indicators of lactose fermentation and hydrogen sulfide production; as well as inhibitors to prevent the growth of Gram-positive bacteria. It is named after the Hektoen Institute in Chicago, where researchers developed the agar.
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description:
Selective and differential agar
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hektoen_enteric_agar
date created:
2008-03-11T03:52:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T21:21:54Z
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