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Microbiology Parasitology Pa 1 (Protozoology) e022c558

Selective medium for Naegleria fowleri -

A
Nutrient agar rich with E. coli
B
NNN media
C
Non Nutrient agar with E. coli
D
Diamond media
High-Yield Explanation
Option 2 NNN ( Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle) Media is used for culture of Leishmania and Trypanosoma. Option 3 CSF sample can be cultivated on nonnutrient agar (Page's saline and 1.5% agar), lawn cultured with E. coli. Naegleria feeds on bacteria and crawls over the lawn culture of E. coli to produce trails. Option 4 Diamond media (Axenic culture): it is used for isolation of Trichomonas and Entamoeba histolytica.

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