Microbiological Media

Features: For use as a non-selective, general growth medium for the isolation and cultivation of microorganisms (bacteria, yeast, and fungi). Especially useful for performing colony counts. This medium is also recommended for use in the cultivation, storage, maintenance, and transportation of pure...

Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) with Lecithin and Tween®, USP is recommended for use as a general growth medium for establishing microbiological trends, alerts and action levels in biologically controlled environments.

The Neogen® Petrifilm® E. coli /Coliform Count Plate is a sample-ready-culture medium system which contains modified Violet Red Bile (VRB) nutrients, a cold-water-soluble gelling agent, an indicator of glucuronidase activity, 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-D-glucuronide (BCIG), and a tetrazolium...

Features: For the non-selective cultivation of microorganisms. General growth media for bacteria, yeast, and fungi Contains 5% sheep blood from a veterinary supervised, controlled herd of donor animals. Blood is guaranteed to be from healthy antibiotic-free animals Polystyrene Petri plates feature...

1.0% Tryptone, 0.5% Yeast Extract, 1.0% Sodium Chloride, 1.5% Agar, 50µg/ mL Kanamycin Sulfate, 60µg/ mL X-gal, 0.1mM Isopropyl-B-D-thiogalactopyranoside(IPTG)

Crosstex offers Spore Threads for use in monitoring sterilization processes. Spore Threads consist of inoculated cotton thread, 25 mm x 0.1 mm, packaged in glassine peel pouches or in bulk. When packaged in glassine the packaging provides protection from environmental contaminants during transport...

The Phosphate Buffer is an ideal diluent for food, beverage, and environmental samples. The solution is decontaminated through gamma irradiation for long shelf life. The handy flip-top style provides a fast, easy and reliable bottle for sample processing. Flip-open lids can be opened with one hand...

Granulated Potato Dextrose Broth is for cultivation and enumeration of yeasts and moulds. Granulated Potato Dextrose Broth is a nutrient-rich medium suitable for cultivating fungi and yeasts. The high carbohydrate content derived from potatoes supports robust fungal growth, making it ideal for...

Spore Suspensions are pure suspensions of viable spores with known resistance characteristics and population levels. The convenience of the Spore Suspensions allows for direct inoculation of products, typically to verify sterility of devices where a traditional BI strip cannot be used. They can also...

Trypticase Soy Broth conforms with specifications of The United States Pharmacopeia (USP). Trypticase Soy Broth (Soybean-Casein Digest Medium) is a general-purpose medium used in qualitative procedures for the cultivation of fastidious and nonfastidious microorganisms from a variety of clinical and...

CRITERION™ Yeast Extract is prepared and standardized for bacteriological use. It is an excellent stimulator of bacterial growth and is used in culture media in place of, or in addition to, beef extract.

Contains all of the components needed for performing the Gram Stain test for categorizing bacteria as gram-negative or gram-positive C376G23 Kit contains one 250 mL bottle of each of the following: gram crystal violet solution, gram safranin solution, gram decolorizer solution and gram iodine...

It is possible to remove bacteria from fluids by passing them through filters with such small pore size that bacteria are arrested. This filtration technique enables fairly large volumes of water to pass rapidly under pressure, but prevents the passage of any bacteria present. These nutrients are...

Crosstex offers a full line of Mini Spore Strips for use in monitoring sterilization processes. Mini Spore Strips consist of inoculated filter paper, 2 mm x 10 mm, packaged in glassine peel pouches or envelopes. The glassine packaging provides protection from environmental contaminants during...

Medium used for the isolation of enteric bacilli based on the fermentation of lactose. Macconkey Agar is a selective and differential medium designed for the isolation of enteric gram-negative bacteria. It contains bile salts and crystal violet, which inhibit gram-positive organisms. Lactose...

BD supplies more than 400 different BD Difco™ and BD BBL™ brand media formulations and ingredients in dehydrated form for the convenience of the laboratorian and bioprocessing specialist. BD products are intended for sale/shipment within the US only. International customers should contact their...

Trypticase Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood is used for cultivating fastidious microorganisms and for the visualization of hemolytic reactions produced by many bacterial species. Applications Grow a wide variety of fastidious organisms on TSA with Sheep Blood, a general purpose non-selective medium with...

Agar used for the selective isolation, detection and enumeration of coli-aerogenes bacteria in water, milk and other dairy food products.

The Neogen® Petrifilm® Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plate method is faster and provides results in as little as 48 hours of incubation time, vs. the traditional agar method that requires a five day incubation period. Yeast and molds can grow in a wide range of conditions in raw materials,...

Self-Contained Biological Indicators (SCBIs) for monitoring sterilization processes provide fast, visible,consistent and reliable results offering peace of mind for assurance of effective steam sterilization processing. Use of SCBIs reduces the possibility of contamination and minimizes the...

Crosstex offers a full line of Mini Spore Strips for use in monitoring sterilization processes. Mini Spore Strips consist of inoculated filter paper, 2 mm x 10 mm, packaged in glassine peel pouches or envelopes. The glassine packaging provides protection from environmental contaminants during...

The Neogen® Petrifilm® Aerobic Count Plate is a time-saving, sample-ready plate designed to determine total aerobic bacteria populations. A built-in grid facilitates counting colonies, helping to provide fast, precise and consistent results. Each Petrifilm Aerobic Count Plate contains a...

The Neogen® Petrifilm® Lactic Acid Bacteria Count (LAB) Plate is a self-contained, sample-ready-culture-medium system which contains nutrients, selective agents, a cold-water-soluble gelling agent, and a tetrazolium indicator that facilitates colony enumeration. The Petrifilm LAB Plate...

Our animal blood is obtained from a controlled herd that is kept free of antimicrobic drugs and disease. All animals are maintained in a healthy condition and treated humanely in accordance with government regulations. Fresh blood is delivered to Hardy Diagnostics every week. We ship to our...