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Tryptic soy-serum-bacitracin-vancomycin (TSBV) is a type of agar plate medium used in microbiological testing to select for Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A. a.). It was described by Jørgen Slots in 1982, who also discovered the role of A.a. in periodontitis.

Per litre, TSBV contains:

• 40 g tryptic soy agar
• 1 g yeast extract
• 100 mL horse serum
• 75 mg bacitracin
• 5 mg vancomycin

References

1. "Tryptic Soy Serum Bacitracin Vancomycin Agar (TSBV)". Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
2. van Steenbergen, TJM. "Comparison of Two Selective Media for Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Archived 2023-08-12 at the Wayback Machine." J Clin Microbiol 1986;24:636–638.
3. Slots, J. "Selective medium for isolation of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans." J Clin Microbiol 1982;15:606–609.

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