A BAP (blood agar plate) agar plate should be used if a streptococcus sample is suspected.
A blood agar plate (BAP) is an essential clinical medium that determines the ability of an organism to make hemolysins - an enzyme that would lyse or break down the red blood cells.
It is an enriched method that grows highly needed bacteria in a naturally enriched environment.
The process during which hemolysis break down the red blood cells is called hemolysis.
The extent to which hemolysis occurs is really helpful in the distinction of the members of Enterococcus, Streptococcus, and genera Staphylococcus.
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