Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Mac·Con·key's agar Variant:
or Mac·Con·key agar /m&-'kä[ng]-kE(z)-/ Function:
noun : anagar culture medium containing bile salts and lactose that is used especially to isolate coliform bacteria
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 andpneumobacillus.
