Kundrat agar is recommended for the routine qualitative detection of residues from antibiotics and other chemotherapeutic agents in animal-derived food. Used for detection of antimicrobial residues in animal feed preparations. It is also used for detection of antimicrobial residues in meat and…

Limabean agar is recommended for cultivation of phytopathological and other fungi. It is composed of an infusion of dry lima beans and agar. Limabean infusion provides all essential growth nutrients for fungi. The pH of the medium is 5.6, which enables luxuriant fungal growth. Application: For…

Soil algae are ubiquitous in nature wherever moisture and sunlight are available. They are visible to the unaided eye in the form of a green slum on the surfaces of soils. Morphologically, they may be unicellular or filamentous and belong to the families Chlorophyceae (green algae) and Cyanophyceae…

Sabouraud Glucose Agar Medium with Chloramphenicol is cited as Medium C and recommended for cultivation of yeasts and moulds by British Pharmacopoeia (1). This medium was described originally by Sabouraud (2) for the cultivation of fungi, particularly useful for the fungi associated with skin…

Granulated R-2A Agar is for heterotrophic plate count of treated potable water using longer incubation periods.

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.

Maximum Recovery Diluent is formulated as recommended by ISO Committee (1) for use as a isotonic diluent. Standard methods for the examination of foodstuffs require sample dilution to be carried out accurately to estimate the number of microorganisms. Maximum Recovery Diluent combines…

Buffered 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…

Granulated King’s Medium B Base is for the non selective isolation, cultivation and pigment production of Pseudomonas species.

Bile Esculin Azide Agar is recommended for selective isolation and presumptive identification of faecal Streptococci. Bile and sodium azide inhibits other accompanying bacteria. Esculetin gives a dark brown or black complex which forms a zone of black precipitate around the colonies. Appearance:…

Broth used For performance of Methyl Red and Voges Proskauer tests in differentiation of coli-aerogenes group, in accordance with ISO Specs IS: 5887 (Part III) 1999, and ISO 6579: 1993.

A general purpose medium used for cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms and sterility testing of moulds and lower bacteria.

Granulated Modified EC Broth Base is for isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7.

Granulated Yeast Glucose Chloramphenicol Agar is a selective agar recommended for enumerating yeasts and moulds in milk and milk products.

Granulated Modified Soyabean Bile Broth Base is recommended as an enrichment medium for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from food and animal feeding stuffs.

Broth used for cultivation and isolation of lactic Streptococci and their bacteriophages.

Basal medium to which carbohydrates are added for determination of fermentation reactions of pure cultures of microorganisms.

Broth recommended as general purpose medium for the cultivation of microorganisms.

Granulated Pseudomonas Agar (for Pyocyanin) is for detection of pyocyanin production by Pseudomonas species.

Niacin Assay Medium is classified under the category of assay medium of vitamin assay medium. The other two categories of medium essential in vitamin assay are the inoculum media, used for preparation of inoculum to be used in the assay procedure, and maintenance media, used for maintenance of…

Granulated Listeria Identification Broth Base (PALCAM) is for selective enrichment and identification of Listeria species.

Agar used for the detection and enumeration of mesophilic and thermophilic aerobic organisms in foods.

Broth used for presumtive identification of coliforms from variety of specimens such as water, milk and food etc.

Agar used for the isolation, enumeration and differentiation of Members of Enterobacteriaceae.

Granulated Fraser Secondary Enrichment Broth Base is for the isolation, cultivation and enrichment of Listeria monocytogenes from foods and environmental specimens.

Granulated Standard Nutrient Broth No. 1 is for cultivation of fastidious bacteria.

Medium for microbiological assay of antibiotics. (Note: pH of the medium is 8.3).

Agar used for the cultivation of fastidious anaerobes.

Broth used for the detection of coliform bacteria in water, foods, dairy products as per Standard Methods.