| Media | Organism | Other |
| Blue-black and metallic sheen on EMB | |
| Thayer-Martin or VPN = Vancomycin, Polymyxin, Nystatin | |
| Sabouraud's agar | |
| Charcoal yeast extract buffered with cysteine | |
| Bordet-Gengou (potato) | |
| Eaton's agar | |
| Lowenstein-Jensen agar | |
| Pink on MacConkey's | |
| Tellurite plate, Lofflers media | |
| Chocolate agar with factors V and X | |
| Yellow on Mannitol Salt Agar | |