Growth media 

/ agar plates

 Mycobacterium tuberculosis
o Löwenstein–Jensen medium

o Middlebrook 7H9 Broth

Actinobacteria o Middlebrook 7H10 Agar

o Middlebrook 7H11 Agar

 Mycoplasma pneumoniae
o Eaton's agar

 Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Gram o Hoyle's agar
positive  Enterococcus
o Bile esculin agar

 Lactobacillus
Firmicutes
Selective media o MRS agar

 Lactococcus
o M17 agar

 Staphylococcus
o Mannitol salt agar

 Brucella
Alphaproteobacteria o Brucella agar

Gram o Farrell's medium

negative  Neisseria
Betaproteobacteria o Thayer-Martin agar

o New York City agar

  Bordetella
o Bordet-Gengou agar

 Enterobacteriaceae
o VRBD agar

 Haemophilus influenzae/Legionella pneumophila

o Buffered charcoal yeast extract agar

Gammaproteobacteria  Pseudomonas aeruginosa

o Cetrimide agar

 Salmonella
o XLT agar

 DCA agar

 Salmonella/Shigella
o XLD agar

 Lactose fermenting gram negative

o MacConkey agar/Sorbitol-MacConkey agar

Differential o Eosin methylene blue

media  Hektoen enteric agar

 sulfur
o Bismuth sulfite agar

 Czapek medium

 Dermatophyte test medium

Fungal media
 Potato dextrose agar

 Sabouraud agar

 Blood agar

Nonselective  Chocolate agar

media  Nutrient agar

 Plate count agar

Other/ungrouped  Brain heart infusion

media  Cystine–lactose–electrolyte-deficient agar

 Cystine tryptic agar

 Endo agar

 Lauryl tryptose broth

 Lysine iron agar

 Müller-Hinton agar/PNP agar

 R2a agar

 Simmons' citrate agar

 Trypticase soy agar

 Tryptic soy broth

 TSI slant