H influenzae – Chocolate agar (Factors V [NAD+] and X [hematin])

N gonorrhoeae, N meningitidis – Thayer-Martin agar (Selectively favors growth of Neisseria by inhibiting growth of gram ⊕ bacteria with Vancomycin, gram ⊝ bacteria with Trimethoprim and Colistin and fungi with Nystatin)

Bordatella pertussis - Bordet-Gengou agar (potato extract), Regan-Lowe medium (charcoal, blood, and antibiotic)

Corynebacterium diphtheriae - Tellurite agar, Löffler medium

Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Löwenstein-Jensen agar

Mycoplasma pneumoniae - Eaton agar (requires cholesterol)

Lactose fermenting enterics - MacConkey agar (fermentation produces acid, causing colonies to turn pink)

E coli - Eosin-methylene blue (EMB) agar (colonies with green metallic sheen)

Legionella - Charcoal yeast agar buffered with cysteine and iron

Fungi - Sabouraud agar