Chocolate agar with IsoVitalex solution
Mix autoclaved Columbia agar base with (5-8%) sheep blood, keep at 80°C for 10 minutes. Cool to 50°C. Aseptically add 10.0 ml IsoVitalex solution (see below) to 1000 ml of the medium. Mix well and pour into plates or tubes. IsoVitalex solution:
Composition per liter:
Glucose 100.0 g
L-Cysteine.HCl 25.9 g
L-Glutamine 10.0 g
L-Cystine 1.1 g
Adenine 1.0 g
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide 0.25 g
Vitamine B12 0.1 g
Thiamine pyrophosphate 0.1 g
Guanine. HCl 0.03 g
Fe(NO3)3.6H2O 0.02 g
p-Aminobenzoic acid 0.013 g
Thiamine.HCl 0.003 g
Rehydrate IsoVitalex Enrichment (BD 211876) according to package instructions