HiMedia Microbiological Media
HIMEDIA
State-of-the-Art products in microbiology,cell culture, plant tissue culture, and molecular biology.
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Granulated SPS Agar
HiMediaGranulated SPS Agar is for detection of Clostridium perfringens in foods.
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Blood Agar Base No. 2, HiVeg™ medium after addition of blood, medium permits maximum recovery of Streptococci, Pneumococci and other fastidious pathogenic microorganisms without interfering with their haemolytic reactions. It is a highly nutritive medium. Microorganisms producing haemolysin give…
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Blood Agar Base No. 2
HiMediaA fastidious organism is one with complete nutritional requirements, needing additional cellular building-block molecules in order to survive (1). Blood Agar Base No. 2 is a highly nutritive medium. Microorganisms producing haemolysin give visible haemolytic zones on this medium. It also serves as…
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Acetobacter Agar (Mannitol) is recommended for maintenance of mannitol positive Acetobacter species. Application: Used as a Maintenance Medium For Mannitol Positive Acetobacter Species Appearance: Cream to yellow homogeneous free flowing powder Gelling: firm, comparable with 1.5% agar gel …
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HiCrome Klebsiella Selective Agar Base is used for the selective isolation and easy detection of water and other sources. This medium can also be used in membrane filtration procedure.
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An antimicrobial supplement recommended for selective isolation of Listeria species. Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2-8°C. Use before expiry date on the label.
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HiMedia M-FC HiVeg™ Broth Base
HiMediaM-FC HiVeg™ broth base is recommended for detection and enumeration of faecal coliforms by membrane filtration technique, based on the property of faecal coliforms to grow at 44-45°C. This medium is prepared by replacing animal peptones with vegetable defined peptones to avoid BSE/TSE/GMO risk. …
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Buffered Peptone Water
HiMediaBuffered Peptone Water is a pre-enrichment medium used for increasing the recovery of injured Salmonella species from foods prior to selective enrichment and isolation. Buffered Peptone Water is a pre-enrichment medium designed to help recovery of sub-lethally damaged Salmonellae before…
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Brain Heart Infusion Medium is useful for cultivating a wide variety of microorganisms since it is a highly nutritive medium. Brain Heart Infusion Broth is a modification of the original formulation of Rosenow, where he added pieces of brain tissues to dextrose broth (1). Brain Heart Infusion…
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Perfringens Supplement-I
HiMediaAn antibiotic supplement, recommended for the selective isolation of Clostridium perfringens . Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2 - 8°C. Use before expiry date on the label.
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Reinforced Clostridial Broth w/o Agar is formulated by Hirsch and Grinsted (1). It can be used to initiate growth from small inocula and to obtain the highest viable count of Clostridia. Barnes and Ingram used the broth medium for diluting an inoculum of vegetative cells of Clostridium perfringens…
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Phenol Red Inositol Broth
HiMediaPhenol Red Broth Medium is formulated as per Vera (2) and is recommended to determine the fermentation reaction of carbohydrates for the differentiation of microorganisms (3, 4, 5). Phenol Red Broth Medium with various carbohydrates serves as a differential medium by aiding in differentiation of…
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This medium supports the growth of many spore forming and non-spore forming strict anaerobes. It has the ability to initiate growth of bacteria from very small inocula and to maintain the viability of cultures over long period. It is an excellent medium for the storage of aerobic and anaerobic…
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This animal free medium is used for cultivation of yeasts, moulds and aciduric microorganisms, recommended by APHA. The acid reaction of the final medium is inhibitory to a large number of bacteria making it particularly useful for cultivating fungi and aciduric microorganisms. For isolation of…
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Koser Citrate Medium
HiMediaColiform bacteria serve as bacterial indicators of sanitary quality of food and water. These bacteria are normally found in the intestinal tract of humans and many warm-blooded animals (1). Coliforms encompasses mostly of Enterobacteriaceae from the genera Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Escherichia ,…
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Norris Glucose Nitrogen Free Medium is used for the cultivation of chemoheterotrophic bacteria that can fix atmospheric nitrogen. The medium contains glucose, which serves as the carbon source. Sodium molybdate in the medium increases the fixation of nitrogen. Various salts in the medium serve as…
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Tergitol-7 HiVeg™ Agar Base is selective and differential used for the detection and enumeration of coliform organisms. Faecal coliform bacteria appear as yellow colonies with deep yellow halo after incubation at 44deg C. This medium is prepared by replacing animal peptones with vegetable defined…
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HiMedia Halophilic HiVeg™ Agar
HiMediaHalophilic HiVeg™ Agar is recommended for isolation and cultivation of extremely halophilic bacteria. It has 25% sodium chloride. Organisms that can tolerate this high concentration of salt can grow on this medium. It has HiVeg acid hydrolysate, HiVeg peptone No.3 and yeast extract which provide…
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Casein Acid hydrolysate is hydrochloric acid digest of casein, resulting in high degree of hydrolysis yielding free amino acids. It is recommended for use in culture media where microbiological growth is measured optically. Appearance Off white to light yellow Homogenous Free flowing powder,…
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The genus Listeria constitutes Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria ivanovii, Listeria seeligeri, Listeria welshimerii, Listeria innocua, Listeria grayi, Listeria murrayi and Listeria denitrificans . Among these, L. monocytogenes and L. ivanovii are associated with diseases in humans. The…
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Hiveg media is suitable for plate counts in pharmaceutical and related products and for the microbial assay and detection of antibiotics like penicillin in milk. These medium is formulated in accordance to the specifications and procedures listed by the Food and Drug Administration. Application:…
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Lactose Broth
HiMediaExamination of water, foods, ingredients and raw materials, for the presence of marker groups such as coliforms is one of the most common tests in a microbiology laboratory, partly because of the relative ease and speed with which these tests can be accomplished. Where it is claimed that drinking…
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It is used for carbohydrate fermentation studies and for studies of haemolytic activity of Clostridia, Streptococci and other organisms. Casein enzymic hydrolysate is the only source of nutrient present. Other peptones, rich in carbohydrates like yeast extract or papaic digest of soyabean meal are…
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Azotobacter Agar (Mannitol) is used for isolation and cultivation of mannitol positive Azotobacter species from soil. It is also useful for maintenance of Azotobacter species by adding extra 1% Mannitol to the medium as specified by the American Type Culture Collection. Application: For Isolation,…
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Recommended for microbiological plate assay of carbenicillin, colistimethate sodium, colistin sulphate and Polymyxin B in accordance with USP.
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Lactobacillus Streptococcus Differential Medium Base is recommended for differentiation of Lactobacilli and Streptococci on the basis of colonial morphology, TTC reduction and casein reaction. The reduction of triphenyl tetrazolium chloride in connection with the casein reaction allows…
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HiMedia Bolton Broth Base
HiMediaBolton Broth Base is recommended for selective enrichment of Campylobacter species from food and animal feeding stuffs. The composition and performance criteria of this medium are as per the specifications laid down in ISO 10272-1 & 2:2017.The media is made selective for Campylobacters by addition…
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EMB Agar (Levine)
HiMediaLevine EMB Agar was developed by Levine (1,2) and is used for the differentiation of Escherichia coli and Enterobacter aerogenes and also for the rapid identification of Candida albicans . This medium is recommended for the detection, enumeration and differentiation of members of the coliform…
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HiMedia KG Agar Base
HiMediaKG agar base is recommended for promoting fast and free sporulation to distinguish between Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis. It is also recommended by APHA. Peptone and yeast extract in the medium supports the growth of B.cereus, B.thuringiensis. Lecithinase activity is observed as an…