trypticase soy agar

English

Proper noun

trypticase soy agar

1. (microbiology) A growth medium for culturing moderately to non-fastidious bacteria.

   Synonyms: TSA, tryptic soy agar

   • 1969, Public Health Monograph No. 78: A Study of the Application of Laminar Flow Ventilation to Operating Rooms, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare:

     This procedure was repeated with distilled water instead of the trypticase soy agar.

   • 1973, G. Briggs Phillips, Robert S. Runkle, Biomedical Applications of Laminar Airflow, 2019 eBook Edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), unnumbered page,

     Using sterile forceps, aseptically remove the stainless steel strip from the bottle and place the strip on a 9 ±2 ml layer of solidified, sterile trypticase soy agar contained in a 100 mm diameter Petri plate. Add 20 ml of sterile molten (50°C) trypticase soy agar to completely cover the stainless steel strip.

   • 2019, Moshrafuddin Ahmed, S. K. Basumatary, Applied Microbiology, Tamilnadu Book House (MJP Publishers), page 604,

     3. Incubate two trypticase soy agar slants by means of streak inoculation

Related terms

• trypticase soy broth

Translations

growth medium for culturing bacteria

• French: gélose tryptone soja f
• German: Trypton-Soja-Agar n
• Italian: please add this translation if you can