Distinctive clusters of colorless Mycobacterium tuberculosis * For diagnosis of mycobacterial infections * For testing antibiotic susceptibility of isolates * For differentiating different species of Mycobacterium (by colony morphology, growth rate, biochemical characteristics, and microscopy) Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium bovis Eugonic, rough tough and buff Dysgonic Aerobic Microaerophillic Glycerol enhancement + Glycerol enhancement - Pyruvate enhancement + Pyruvate enhancement - Niacin production + Niacin production -
Löwenstein–Jensen medium
Hektoen enteric agar
Blackett's Aerophor
Hyoid suspension
Leishman stain
Phosphotungstic acid-haematoxylin stain
Giemsa stain
Speculum 