Tryptic Soy Agar and Sabouraud Agar
Tryptic soy agar (TSA) is general-purpose growth medium that is made through enzymatic digestion of casein and soybean. It supports growth of a wide range of microorganisms including the nonfastidious and semifastidious bacteria. However, fastidious bacteria that have particular nutrient requirements would not grow in TSA. An example of such a microbe is Neisseria gonorrhea, …