Table 2.

Antiseptics used in bacterial culture

Inhibitors	Microorganisms			Example of culture media	References
	Gram-positive	Gram-negative	Fungi, yeast
Chlorhexidine	✓	✓	χ	*Selection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Asmar et al., 2015 [44] Asmar et al., 2016 [45]
Cetrimide	✓	✓	χ	*Cetrimide Agar Base *CN Agar	Power et al., 2009 [11] Delarras, 2014 [39]
Acriflavin	✓	χ	χ	*Fraser Broth Base *Listeria Enrichment Broth *PALCAM Medium Base	Power et al., 2009 [11]

✓ Action against bacteria or fungi; χ No action against bacteria or fungi.