Fig. 3
From: A novel selective medium for the isolation of Burkholderia mallei from equine specimens
Comparison of culture appearances by using horse nasal swab, (a) un-spiked specimen, and (b) specimen spiked with B. mallei GTC 3P0003T. This figure shows that blood agar and Xie’s agar grew other bacteria or fungi, making it difficult to pick up B. mallei colonies. BM agar and PC agar can efficiently inhibit growths of non-B. mallei isolates. BM agar has the benefit of supporting higher colony numbers, compared with PC agar