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What are transport media used for?
Posted February 3, 2024

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Examples of common transport media and their intended use: 

  • Cary-Blair Medium:A semi-solid bacterial transport medium used for transporting fecal and rectal samples for recovery of enteric pathogens such as E. coli, Salmonella spp., and Vibrio cholerae 
  • Amies Transport Medium: A liquid or semi-solid bacterial transport medium used for transporting swab specimens and recovery of aerobes and anaerobes 
  • Amies Charcoal Transport Medium:A semi-solid bacterial transport medium used for the transport of swabs and recovery of anaerobes and Neisseria gonorrhea 
  • Leibovitz Emory Transport Medium:A liquid viral transport medium used for transport and recovery of viruses
  • Alkaline Peptone Water:A liquid bacterial transport medium used for transport and recovery of V. cholera
  • Stuart Transport Medium:A semisolid bacterial transport medium used for transporting swabs and recovery of anaerobic, fastidious, and non-fastidious bacteria
  • Chlamydia Transport Medium:A liquid viral and bacterial transport medium used for transporting swabs for recovery of Herpes Simplex Virus and Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Mycoplasma Transport Broth:A liquid bacterial transport medium used for transporting body fluid or swabs for recovery of Mycoplasma, Gardenerella vaginalis, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Ureaplasma among others
  • Buffered Glycerol Medium:Liquid bacterial transport medium used to transport fecal and rectal samples for recovery of enteric pathogens such as E. coli, Salmonella spp., and Shigella spp. in fecal sample