MacConkey's agar

MacConkey's agar
Mac·Con·key's agar or Mac·Con·key agar mə-'käŋ-kē(z)- n an agar culture medium containing bile salts and lactose that is used esp. to isolate coliform bacteria
MacConkey Alfred Theodore (1861-1931)
British bacteriologist. MacConkey introduced the use of an agar culture medium for the isolation of coliform bacteria in 1900. He is also known for introducing a method for staining the capsules of pneumococcus and pneumobacillus.

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