Cooked Meat Medium prepared from heart tissue is a well established medium for the cultivation of anaerobic and aerobic organisms1.
It has the ability to initiate bacterial growth from very small inocula and to maintain the viability of cultures over long periods of time. Mixed cultures of bacteria survive in Cooked Meat Medium without displacing the slower growing organisms. The products of growth do not rapidly destroy the inoculated organisms and therefore it is an excellent medium for the storage of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.
The addition of glucose to the formulation allows rapid, heavy growth of anaerobic bacteria in a short time and leads to a more rapid identification of important anaerobes. The improved growth also enhances GLC identification of anaerobic bacteria.
The improved clarity of the supernatant broth permits earlier detection of growth especially when combined with the increased growth of most organisms. Slower growing isolates will yield detectable growth within 45 hours incubation.