Microbiological Media, 5 kg
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HiMedia Bacteriological Peptone
HiMediaPeptone, Bacteriological confer nutritional benefit, especially at low dilution rates, and is recommended to support good growth of wide variety of microorganisms. Appearance: Light yellow to brownish yellow homogenous free flowing powder, having Characteristic odor but not putrescent …
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Novagen® LB Broth, Miller
MilliporeSigmaLB Broth MILLER is a granulated medium for the cultivation of E. coli on scales ranging from small cultures to fermentation. The granules ensure rapid and uniform dissolution in water, and prevent clumping of the medium and inhalation of the airborne powder. It is supplied in several formats.…
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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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Maximum Recovery Diluent
HiMediaMaximum 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…
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Soyabean Casein Digest Medium is recommended by various pharmacopoeia as sterility testing medium (1, 2). It is also used for the sensitivity testing by the tube dilution method for antimicrobial agents (3). The combination of pancreatic digest of casein and papaic digest of soyabean meal…
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Tryptone Peptone Glucose Yeast Extract Broth Base w/o Trypsin is used to test toxicity type of Clostridium botulinum cultures from food as per APHA. Appearance: Cream to yellow homogeneous free flowing powder Color and Clarity of prepared medium: Yellow colored clear solution without significant…
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Fermentation HiVeg™ Medium for Neisseriae is used for studying fermentation reaction of fastidious microorganism such as Neisseriae. This medium is prepared by replacing animal peptones with vegetable defined peptones to avoid BSE/TSE/GMO risk. Application: For Laboratory Chemicals, Analytical…
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HiCrome™ UTI Agar
HiMediaHiCrome UTI Agar is a differential medium recommended for presumptive identification and confirmation of microorganisms mainly causing urinary tract infections, can also be used for testing water, food, environmental and other clinical samples.
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Clark and Lubs (1) found that the addition of methyl red to cultures of Escherichia coli resulted in a red colour due to high acidity produced during dextrose fermentation. Voges-Proskauer (2) reported red colouration after addition of potassium hydroxide to specific culture media with organisms…
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Aspergilli are hyaline moulds that commonly cause opportunistic infections in humans. Allergic bronchopulmonary disease is a manifestation of hypersensitivity to fungal spores or products, a common manifestation of Aspergillus species (particularly A. flavus ). Aspergillus Differentiation Medium…
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MacConkey Agar is the earliest selective and differential medium for cultivation of enteric microorganisms from a variety of clinical specimens (1, 2). Subsequently MacConkey Agar and Broth have been recommended for use in microbiological examination of foodstuffs (3) and for direct plating /…
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Granulated Potato Dextrose Broth
HiMediaGranulated Potato Dextrose Broth is for cultivation and enumeration of yeasts and moulds.
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Brucella Agar Base
HiMediaBrucella are intracellular parasites that cause epizootic abortions in animals and septicemic febrile illness or localized infections of bone, tissue or organ systems in humans (1, 2). Brucella species are highly fastidious and therefore require a nutrient rich medium to be able to grow. Also, …
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HiMedia King's Medium A Base
HiMediaKings Medium A is recommended for non-selective isolation, cultivation and pigment production of Pseudomonas species. It is particularly suited for the production of pyocyanin and pyorubin. Pigments and/ or their derivatives produced by Pseudomonas species play a role as siderophores in the iron…
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Granulated Lysine Iron Agar
HiMediaGranulated Lysine Iron Agar is for differentiation of enteric organisms especially Salmonella Arizonae, based on their ability to decarboxylate or deaminate lysine and to form hydrogen sulphide (H2S).
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Glucose Cysteine agar base w/ Thiamine is recommended for cultivation and enumeration of Pasteurella tularensis. Addition of blood or hemoglobin or hemin provides necessary growth factors. Thiamine and cysteine hydrochloride in the medium acts as growth factor promoters for culturing of…
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The HiMedia colonization medium with Dulbecco's phosphate buffer, is mainly used in research facilities and chemical laboratories to conduct wide range of experiments. It is available in sturdy bottle that endures heavy and rigorous usage. Application: For the Preparation of Suspension of…
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Granulated Mueller Hinton Broth
HiMediaGranulated Mueller Hinton Broth is used to determine the susceptibility of bacteria to Sulphonamides by the tube dilution method.
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HiCrome™ Vibrio Agar
HiMediaHiCrome Vibrio Agar is recommended for the isolation, and selective chromogenic differentiation of seafood.
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Brilliant Green Sulpha Agar is recommended for isolation and detection of Salmonella species in food, especially eggs and egg products. The media is highly selective. Addition of 0.1% sodium sulphapyridine helps to increase the selectivity of the medium. Brilliant green acts as the inhibitory to…
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Hiveg media Formulated as described by Buchbinder et al which is recommended by APHA and FDA. for the determination of plate counts of microorganisms in food, water, waste water and also from clinical samples. Application: For Determination of Plate Counts of Microorganisms in Food, Water, Waste…
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It is used for carbiohydrate 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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HiMedia Acetate Agar
HiMediaAcetate Agar is used for the isolation and cultivation of Leuconostoc and Pediococcus species. This medium was formulated by Whittenbury and then modified by Keddie for the isolation and cultivation of Leuconostoc and Pediococcus species. Appearance: Light yellow to beige homogeneous free flowing…
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Egg Yolk Agar Base, Modified
HiMediaClostridium perfringens food poisoning is one of the most common types of human food borne illness (1). The foods usually involved are cooked meat or poultry products containing large numbers of viable cells. A heat- labile enterotoxin produced only by sporulating cells (2) induces the major…
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Bile Esculin Agar with Kanamycin
HiMediaGroup D Streptococci possess the group D lipoteichoic acid antigen in their cell walls. Former Group D species, which are predominant normal inhabitants of the human gastrointestinal tract, are termed as faecal Streptococci or Enterococci (1). The unique ability of Enterococci to split esculin was…
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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 Broth…
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Vogel-Johnson Agar Base
HiMediaStaphylococcus aureus , a gram-positive, spherical bacterium, is a common colonizer of the human skin and mucosa. It causes skin and wound infections, urinary tract infections, pneumonia and bacteremia. It is also commonly implicated in food poisoning. It is also found as a common contaminant in…
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Peptone Type I, Bacteriological is prepared under controlled conditions, used as culture media ingredient for cultivation of various bacteria. Employed for different fermentation processes, production of vaccines, antibiotics, etc. Application: For Culture Media Ingredient Appearance: Light…
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Modified MYP Agar Base
HiMediaBacillus cereus is ubiquitously present in soil, vegetation water and dust. It has been isolated from a large variety of foods, including vegetables, meat, cereals, pasteurized fresh milk and powdered milk and processed foods. Under favourable conditions, the organism multiplies and causes…