Bordet-Gengou agar is a type of agar plate optimized to isolate Bordetella, containing blood, potato extract, and glycerol, with an antibiotic such as cephalexin or penicillin and sometimes nicotinamide.The potato extract provided nitrogen and vitamins, and potato starch absorbed fatty acids present in nasal secretions or collection-swab cotton that inhibited growth; glycerol was a carbon source.

Bordet Gengou Agar BaseBordet Gengou Blood Agar
BD Bordet Gengou Agar with 15% Sheep Blood
Isolation of Bordetella pertussis: benefits of using both Bordet-Gengou and charcoal agar media.
Shelf life of prepared Bordet-Gengou and Regan-Lowe agar plates for isolation of Bordetella pertussis
Shelf life of prepared Bordet-Gengou and Regan-Lowe agar plates for isolation ofBordetella pertussis
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[Prolonged cultivation of whooping cough microbes of the phase I on the casein-charcoal agar and Bordet-Gengou medium].
Isolation and Differentiation of Tubercle Bacilli on the Bordet-Gengou and L?wenstein Mediums
Influence of culture conditions on expression of antigens in Bordetella bronchiseptica.
An evaluation of blood bank blood agar medium for the primary isolation of M. tuberculosis from sputum and gastric contents.