MacConkey's agar

Mac·Con·key's agar

noun

Definition of MACCONKEY'S AGAR

: an agar culture medium containing bile salts and lactose that is used especially to isolate coliform bacteria

Biographical Note for MACCONKEY'S AGAR

MacConkey, Alfred Theodore (1861–1931), British bacteriologist. MacConkey introduced the use of an agar culture medium for the isolation of coliform bacteria in 1900. He is also known for introducing a method for staining the capsules of pneumococcus and pneumobacillus.

Variants of MACCONKEY'S AGAR

Mac·Con·key's agar or Mac·Con·key agar \mə-ˈkäŋ-kē(z)-\