Overview
- External ontology
- TOGO:M2362 — Columbia Blood Agar
- Applications
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- Microbial cultivation
- Notes
- TOGO M2362 mirrors DSMZ Medium 429: Columbia agar base supplemented with 4% horse blood. DSMZ's liquid media 545, 215, and 1 are freeze-dried pellet rehydration alternatives, not components of the cultivation agar.
Composition
flowchart LR
CultureMech_008948["columbia_blood_agar"]
ing0_Columbia_agar_base["Columbia agar base"]
CultureMech_008948 --> ing0_Columbia_agar_base
ing1_Defibrinated_horse_blood["Defibrinated horse blood"]
CultureMech_008948 --> ing1_Defibrinated_horse_blood
Ingredients (2)
| # | Ingredient | Concentration | Ontology | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia agar base | variable VARIABLE |
MICRO:0000536 (source link unavailable)
Columbia agar base
|
DSMZ Medium 429 specifies Columbia agar base supplemented with 4% horse blood. |
| 2 | Defibrinated horse blood | 4 PERCENT_V_V |
UBERON:0000178
blood
|
DSMZ Medium 429 specifies 4% horse blood added to Columbia agar base. |
Preparation
- Supplement Columbia agar base with 4% horse blood.
Target organisms
No target organisms are recorded.
Provenance
| Timestamp | Curator | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27T06:35:56.397155Z | togo-import | Imported from TOGO Medium | Source: TOGO, ID: M2362 |
| 2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 | schema-defaulter-v1.0 | Applied schema defaults and normalizations | Added default concentration for ingredient: 4% horse blood; Added default concentration for ingredient: Columbia agar base |
| 2026-03-13T06:20:01.480860Z | culturemech-id-assigner-v1.0 | Assigned CultureMech ID | Assigned stable identifier: CultureMech:008948 |
| 2026-03-17T19:46:20.207016+00:00 | normalize_media_names_to_snake_case.py | NAME_NORMALIZED | Normalized name from "Columbia Blood Agar" to "columbia_blood_agar" for consistent matching |
| 2026-05-16T09:03:13.249100+00:00 | migrate_legacy_fields.py | MIGRATED_LEGACY_FIELDS | curation_history.date->timestamp=1 |
| 2026-09-06T00:00:00-07:00 | repair_columbia_blood_score40.py | RESOLVED_COLUMBIA_BLOOD_SCORE40_GRAPH | TOGO M2362 mirrors DSMZ Medium 429: Columbia agar base supplemented with 4% horse blood. DSMZ's liquid media 545, 215, and 1 are freeze-dried pellet rehydration alternatives, not components of the cultivation agar. |