What are the protozoa that can be cultured in agar medium?

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Farzin asghari sana

Dear Mac

you can use Non-Nutrient Agar and Page's Saline for amebae. Naegleria spp. and Acanthamoeba spp. grow readily on nonnutrient agar or agar media containing low concentrations of nutrients in the presence of living or killed bacteria

https://catalog.hardydiagnostics.com/cp_prod/Content/hugo/FreeLivingAmebaeMedia.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4166808/

Mac Dz

@Farzin asghari sana: Thanks, any protozoa other than amebae?

Qiushi Liu

hi there,

I mixed the sterilized agarose and my medium to grow parasites on it. they have no problem to grow on them. :)