ANAEROBIC AGAR

Anaerobic Agar was originally designed for surface cultivation of members of the genus Clostridium and other anaerobic organisms on plates. This medium is suitable for isolation of facultative and obligate anaerobes and for the study of colonial morphology as colonies can be readily seen on the light coloured agar and are easily accessible. Anaerobic bacteria vary in their sensitivity to oxygen and nutritional requirements. Anaerobic bacteria lack cytochromes and thus are unable to use oxygen as a terminal electron acceptor.

for cultivation of anaerobic bacteria especially Clostridium species