Abbreviations

A lot of products are named by an abbreviation, like T.S.B., C.L.E.D. or C.C.D.A. etc. We made a list of abbreviation in alphabetic order to help you.

 

List of abbreviation :

A

A.P.H.A. (American Public Healt Association)

A.P.T. (Agar Peptone Tween)

 

B

B.B.E. (Bacteroides Bile Esculin)                          

B.C.P. (Bromo cresol Purple)                                            

B.C.Y.E. (a-Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract)

B.H.I. (Brain Heart Infusion)

B.H.I.A. (Brain Heart Infusion Agar)

B.M.P.A. (Cefamandole Polymyxine B Anisomycine)

 

C

C.C.D.A. (Campy blood free selective medium)

C.C.F. (Cycloserine Cefoxitine Fructose)

C.C.F.A. (Cycloserine Cefoxitine Fructose Agar)

C.D.C. (Centers for Disease Control)

C.F.A.T. (Cadmium Fluoride Acriflavin Tellurite)

C.F.C. (Cetrimide Fucidine Cephaloridin)

C.I.N. (Cefsulodin Irgasan Novobiocin)

C.L.A.T. (Colymicin Lincomycin Amphotericin Trimethoprim lactate)

C.L.E.D. (Cystine Lactose Electrolyte Deficient)

C.N. (Cetrimide, nalidixique acid)

C.N.A. (Colimycin, nalidixique acid)

C.O.B.A. (Colistin Oxolinic Acid Agar)

C.T.A. (Cystine Tryptic Agar)

 

E

E.D.T.A. (EthyleneDiamineTetraacetic Acid)

E.M.B. (Eosine Methylen Blue)

E.P.T. (Enteric Pathogen Transport)

 

F

F.A.A. (Fastidious anaerobes Agar)

F.A.B. (Fastidious Anaerobes Broth)

F.B. (Fastidious Broth)

F.D.A. (Food & Drug administration)

 

G

G.C. (Amphotericin B, Colimycin, Lincomucin, Trimethoprim, Vancomycin)

G.N. (Gram Negative)

 

H

H.B.T. (Human Blood Bilayer Tween)

m-H.P.C. (Heterotrophic Plate Count) (modified)

H.T.M. (Haemophilus Test Medium)

 

I

I.M.A. (Inhibitory Mold Agar)

I.U.T.M. (International Union Tuberculosis) medium 

K

K.C.N. (Potassium Cyanide)

 

L

L.B. (Luria-Bertani)

L.C.A.T. (Amphotericin B, Colimycin, Lincomycin, Trimethoprim lactate)

L.E.B. (Listeria Enrichment Broth)

L.I.A. (Lysine Iron Agar)

L.I.M. (Lysine Indole Motility)

L.K.V. (Laked Blood Kanamycin Vancomycin)

L.P.M. (Lithium Chloride Phenylethanol Moxalactam)

 

M

M.I.O. (Mobility Indole Ornithine)

M.R.S. (Man Rogosa Sharp)

M.R.S.A. (M.S.A. Mannitol Salt Agar)

M.R.-V.P. (Methyl Red-Voges Proskauer)

 

N

N.A.D. (Nicotinamid Adenin Dinucleotide)

N.T.M. (Neisseria Test Medium)

N.Y.C. (New York City)

N. Y. P. C. (Nutrient Yeast Polymixin Chloramphenicol)

 

O

O.F. (Oxydation Fermentation)

O.F.P.B.L. (Oxydation fermentation plymyxin bacitracin lactose)

O.G.Y.E. (Oxytetracycline Glucose Yeast Extract)

O.N.P.G. (Ortho Nitrophenyl Galactopyranoside)

 

P

mPA-C (Pneudomonas aeruginosa) (modified)

P.A.E.S. (Polyanethole sulfonic acid)

P.E.A. (Phenyl Ethyl Alcool)

P.M. Indicateur (Penicillin Milk)

PVA (Poly Vinyl Alcohol)

 

S

S.A.B.H.I. (Sabouraud Agar Brain Heart Infusion)

S.A.F. (Sodium Acetate Formalin)

S.F. (Streptococcus Faecalis)

S.F.P. (Egg Yolk Polymyxin B, Kanamycin)

S.I.M. (Sulfide Indole Motility)

S.P.S. (Sulfite polymixin sulfadiazin)

S.S. (Salmonella-Shigella)

 

T

T.A.T. (Tryptone Azolectin Tween)

T.C.B.S. (Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose)

m TEC (Thermotolerant Escherichia Coli Agar) (modified)

T.G.E. (Tryptone Glucose Extract)

T.G.E.A. (Tryptone Glucose Extract Agar)

T.P.E.Y. (Tellurite Polymixine Egg Yolk)

T.S.A. (Tryptic Soy Agar)

T.S.B. (Tryptic Soy Broth)

T.S.B.A. (Tryptic Soy Broth Agar)

T.S.B.V. (TSA Serum Bacitracin Vancomycin)

T.S.I. (Triple Sugar Iron)

T.T.C. (Tetrazolium Chloride)

 

U

U.B.A. (Universal beer Agar)

U.V.M. ( Enrichment of University of Vermont)

 

V

V.C.A.T. (Amphotericin B, Colimycin, Trimethoprim lactate, Vancomycin)

V.C.T. ( Colymicin, Trimethoprim lactate, Vancomycin)

V.R.E. (Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus)

 

X

X.L. (Xylose Lysine)

X.L.D. (Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate)

 

Y

Y.M. (Yeast Molds)