Example 1. The following spreadsheet uses the Excel Char function to return the character associated with different supplied character set numbers. Note that these results are from the Ansi character set (used on the Windows operating system).
Potassium tellurite agar is selective for the growth of Staphylococci and is somewhat selective for the growth of Corynebacteria. Staphylococci and Corynebacteria reduce the potassium tellurite in the agar, which makes the colonies grow black.
R2A agar, a nonspecific medium, imitates water, so is used for water analysis. Tryptic (trypticase) soy agar (TSA) is a general-purpose medium produced by enzymatic digestion of soybean meal and casein. It is frequently the base medium of other agar types; for example, blood agar plates are made by enriching TSA plates with blood.