Stuart Transport Medium w/o Methylene Blue is recommended for the preservation and transportation of Gonococcal species and other fastidious organisms from the clinic to laboratory. This medium is used for the transportation of many fastidious organisms including the anaerobes by maintaining organism's viability without significant multiplication. The medium provides adequate degree of anaerobiosis and the prepared sterile medium undergoes a slight degree of oxidation at the upper periphery of the medium.
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