HiMedia MEM Medium
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Phenol Red Broth Base
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 added carbohydrates serves as a differential medium by aiding in differentiation…
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An antibiotic supplement recommended for the selective isolation of Campylobacter species. Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2 - 8°C. Use before expiry date on the label.
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Ethyl Violet Azide Dextrose agar is used for detecting and confirming Streptococci and as confirmative medium for faecal pollution indication in water and other specimens. This medium contains reduced amount of dextrose and increased dye concentration, making the medium highly specific for…
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HiMedia Kligler Iron HiVeg™ Agar
HiMediaHiveg medium combination of the lead acetate medium described by Kligler and Russels Double Sugar Agar and is used as a differentiation medium for typhoid, dysentery and allied bacilli. It differentiates lactose fermenters from the nonfermenters, Salmonella Typhi from other Salmonellae and also…
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HiVeg Medium used for the sterility testing of certain biological products which are turbid or viscous and cant be tested using Fluid Thioglycollate Medium (M009). Both the media have similar composition, except agar and resazurin that are not included in Alternative Thioglycollate Medium. This…
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Campylobacter Enrichment HiVeg™ Broth Base (Preston Enrichment HiVeg™ Broth Base) is recommended for selective enrichment and cultivation of Campylobacter species. This medium is prepared by replacing animal peptones with vegetable defined peptones to avoid BSE/TSE/GMO risk. Appearance of powder:…
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Mannitol Selenite broth (Selenite Mannitol broth) is used for selective enrichment of Salmonellae from clinical materials. It can also be used for the selective enrichment of Salmonella from water and foodstuffs. Mannitol serves as fermentable carbohydrate. Selenite is inhibitory for coliforms and…
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HiMedia Murashige & Skoog Medium
HiMediaMurashige and Skoog Medium (MS) was originally formulated by Murashige and Skoog in 1962 to optimize tobacco callus bioassay system for facilitating the study of cytokinins. Since then, it is widely used for micro propagation, organ culture, callus culture and suspension culture. The formulation is…
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Recommended for the cultivation of yeasts, moulds and aciduric bacteria from pharmaceutical products in accordance with the microbial limit testing by harmonized methodology of USP/EP/BP/JP.
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HiMedia Phenylethanol Agar Base
HiMediaPhenylethanol Agar Base medium is utilized for the selective isolation of gram-positive bacteria. This medium can be supplemented with 5 % sheep blood. This medium is especially useful when specimens are contaminated with swarming Proteus species. It is also useful in the diagnostic studies of…
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Schneider's Insect Medium
HiMediaSchneider's insect medium has been specially formulated for the in vitro culture of Drosophila melanogaster cells and tissues. A number of cell lines derived from Drosophila melanogaster are now available and are extensively used in genetic and molecular biology research. Drosophila cells are…
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MUG Brilliant Green Bile Broth
HiMediaBrilliant Green Bile Broth is one of the most widely used medium for the detection of coliform bacteria in water, wastewater, foods, and milk and dairy products. This medium is formulated as per APHA (1, 2, 3) for the presumptive identification and confirmation of coliform bacteria (4, 5). …
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HiEncap™ Buffered Peptone Water
HiMediaHiEncap™ Buffered Peptone Water is recommended for pre-enrichment of injured Salmonella species from foods. Thomas No. C870M83 Each capsule contains 5 gms of medium. Suspend 1 capsule in 250ml (4 capsules in 1000 ml) distilled or purified water. Thomas No. C870M84 Each capsule contains…
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Nutrient Mixture F-10 Ham
HiMediaHam's Nutrient Mixtures were originally developed for single cell plating of near diploid Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and mouse L-cells. Both F-10 and F-12 are formulated for use with or without serum, depending on the type of cells being cultured. Ham's Nutrient Mixture F10 was…
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Dextrose Broth
HiMediaDextrose in culture media serves as a source of energy. Dextrose Broth is useful when the organism has to be revived from small inocula. Dextrose Broth can also be used for anaerobic growth by the addition of 0.1- 0.2% Agar. Agar, thus added, helps to disperse the growth formed and also expel the…
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HiMedia Anaerobic Agar (Brewer)
HiMediaAnaerobic Agar (Brewer) is recommended for the isolation and sensitivity testing of anaerobic and microaerophilic organisms and study of colonial morphology. The medium contains sodium thioglycollate and sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate which provides adequate anaerobiosis. Resazurin imparts pink…
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HiMedia ISP Medium No. 2
HiMediaISP Medium No. 2 (Yeast Malt Agar)(YM Agar) is recommended for the isolation and cultivation of yeasts, molds and other aciduric microorganisms. Fungistatic materials such as sodium propionate and diphenyl are added to YM agar to eliminate molds and thus permit enumeration of yeasts from mixed…
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HiMedia BSK - H Medium Base
HiMediaBSK-H Medium Base is recommended for the cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi. This medium is complex mixture of different amino acids, vitamins and growth factors which are required for the growth of Borrelia and Spirochaete, it is enriched with bovine albumin and rabbit serum. Peptone, special…
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Levin Eosin Methylene Blue Agar Medium is recommended for the isolation, enumeration and differentiation of members of Enterobacteriaceae in accordance with US Pharmacopoeia, Escherichia coli forms colonies with green metallic sheen, indicating strong lactose fermentation.
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HiMedia AATCC Mineral Salts Agar
HiMediaUsed as per the procedure described by American Association of Textile Chemists and Colourists for testing Initial mildew resistance of textiles, perseverance of mildew resistance, Fungicidal potency of textile fungicides testable, Standard Minimum protective concentration, peccnanence indices,…
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HiCrome Listeria Agar Base, Modified is a selective and differential agar medium recommended for rapid and direct identification of Listeria species.
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HiMedia Columbia Blood Agar Base
HiMediaThis medium is used as the base for the media containing blood and for selective media formulations in which different combinations of antimicrobial agents are used as additives. It is also selective for the isolation of Haemophilus species from clinical specimens, especially from upper respiratory…
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Non Spore Anaerobic Supplement
HiMediaAn enrichment and antibiotic supplement recommended for selective isolation of nonsporing anaerobic bacteria. Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2 - 8°C. Use before expiry date on the label.
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Broth used for sterility testing of turbid or viscous biological products.
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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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Starch Agar
HiMediaStarch Agar was formulated by Vedder (1) for the cultivation of Neisseria . It is recommended for the detection of starch hydrolysing microorganisms from foods (2) and clinical samples (3). Present formulation is accepted by BIS for detection of starch hydrolysis by Bacillus cereus (4). …
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HiCrome™ Bacillus Agar
HiMediaHiCrome Bacillus Agar is recommended for isolation and differentiation between various species of mixed culture by chromogenic method.