Overview
- External ontology
- TOGO:M2582 — Columbia Blood Medium
- Applications
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- Microbial cultivation
- Notes
- TOGO M2582 mirrors DSMZ Medium 693: Columbia agar base supplemented with 5% defibrinated sheep blood. DSMZ's liquid media 545, 215, and 1 are only freeze-dried pellet rehydration alternatives; DSMZ warns that strains listing only M 693 do not grow in those liquid rehydration media.
Composition
flowchart LR
CultureMech_009150["columbia_blood_medium"]
ing0_Columbia_agar_base["Columbia agar base"]
CultureMech_009150 --> ing0_Columbia_agar_base
ing1_Defibrinated_sheep_blood["Defibrinated sheep blood"]
CultureMech_009150 --> ing1_Defibrinated_sheep_blood
Ingredients (2)
| # | Ingredient | Concentration | Ontology | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia agar base | variable VARIABLE |
MICRO:0000536 (source link unavailable)
Columbia agar base
|
DSMZ Medium 693 specifies Columbia agar base supplemented with 5% sheep blood. |
| 2 | Defibrinated sheep blood | 5 PERCENT_V_V |
UBERON:0000178
blood
|
DSMZ Medium 693 specifies 5% sheep blood added to Columbia agar base. |
Preparation
- Supplement Columbia agar base with 5% defibrinated sheep blood.
Target organisms
No target organisms are recorded.
Provenance
| Timestamp | Curator | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27T06:35:56.786879Z | togo-import | Imported from TOGO Medium | Source: TOGO, ID: M2582 |
| 2026-03-13T06:20:03.292271Z | culturemech-id-assigner-v1.0 | Assigned CultureMech ID | Assigned stable identifier: CultureMech:009150 |
| 2026-03-17T19:46:22.021409+00:00 | normalize_media_names_to_snake_case.py | NAME_NORMALIZED | Normalized name from "Columbia Blood Medium" to "columbia_blood_medium" for consistent matching |
| 2026-09-06T00:00:00-07:00 | repair_columbia_blood_score40.py | RESOLVED_COLUMBIA_BLOOD_SCORE40_GRAPH | TOGO M2582 mirrors DSMZ Medium 693: Columbia agar base supplemented with 5% defibrinated sheep blood. DSMZ's liquid media 545, 215, and 1 are only freeze-dried pellet rehydration alternatives; DSMZ warns that strains listing only M 693 do not grow in those liquid rehydration media. |