Micro-special cultures/stains

H. influenzae

Chocolate agar with factors V (NAD) and X (hematin)

N. gonorrhea

Thayer-Martin media
VCN = vancomycin (kills G+), colistin (aka polymixin, kills G-) and nystatin (kills fungi)

B. pertussis

Bordet-Gengou (potato agar)

C. diphtheriae

Tellurite plate, Loffler's media

M. tuberculosis

Lowenstein-Jensen agar
Acid-fast stain

Lactose-fermenting enterics

Pink colonies on MacConkey's agar

Legionella

Charcoal yeast extract agar buffered with increased iron and L-cysteine

Fungi

Sabouraud's agar

Giemsa

Borellia, Plasmodium, trypanosomes, Chlamydia

PAS

Stains glycogen, mucopolysaccharides; used to diagnose Whipple's disease

Ziehl-Neelsen

Acid-fast bacteria

India ink

Cryptococcus neoformans

Silver stain

fungi, legionella