HiMedia, 500 g, Supplies
HIMEDIA
State-of-the-Art products in microbiology,cell culture, plant tissue culture, and molecular biology.
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Casein Acid Hydrolysate is used in preparation of microbiological media. It is an acid hydrolysate of casein. It has Sodium chloride less than 3% and is Vitamin free. Appearance Off white to light yellow Homogenous Free flowing powder, having Characteristic odor but not putrescent. …
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WL Differential Agar
HiMediaWL (Wallerstein Laboratory) media are formulated as described by Green and Gray for the examination of materials encountered in brewing and for industrial fermentations containing mixed flora of yeast and bacteria (1, 2). Bakers yeast counts can be carried out in this medium at a pH 5.5. By…
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It is used for sterility testing of product containing mercury preservatives. Very small amount of agar helps in maintaining anaerobic condition. Methylene blue will indicate oxygen content of the medium by establishing bluish green colour to the medium, in presence of oxygen. The modified medium…
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Differential reinforced clostridial broth base is recommended for the cultivation of Clostridia from water. L-cysteine hydrochloride acts as reducing agent. Sodium sulphite and ferric citrate acts as indicators. Sulphite reducing Clostridia produce sulphide from sulphite, which results in the…
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Lactic Acid Bacteria Selective Agar Base is based on the formula of Saha, Sondag and Middlekauff for the detection of lactic acid bacteria in beer and brewing processes (1). It is recommended by European Brewing convention (EBC) and the American Society of Brewing Chemists for isolation of…
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Granulated M-FC Agar Base
HiMediaGranulated M-FC Agar Base is for detection and enumeration of faecal coliforms using membrane filter technique at higher temperature (44.5C).
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Broth used for cultivation of yeasts, moulds and aciduric microorganisms.
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Yeast Extract Powder
HiMediaIt is rich in vitamins especially those belonging to B complex and is often used to supply these factors in culture media at a concentration of 0.3% to 0.5%. It is particularly used in media for cultivation of microorganisms encountered in milk or other dairy products. Yeast Extract Powder is…
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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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Blood Agar Base with Low pH
HiMediaBlood Agar Base is a highly nutritious medium generally used as a basal medium for preparing blood agar by supplementation with blood. It can also be used as general-purpose media without the addition of blood. If the culture medium is to be used without addition of blood, the pH should be adjusted…
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HiMedia Corn Meal Agar
HiMediaRecommended for chlamydospore production by Candida albicans and the maintenance of fungal stock cultures General purpose medium used for the cultivation of fungi and for the study of Candida species for chlamydospore production. This medium is useful for studying the morphology of Candida. …
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Fuchsin Lactose Broth
HiMediaIt has been agreed by most workers in water bacteriology that the plain Lactose Broth usually used for presumptive test is not altogether satisfactory, in that it gives many false positive tests. A number of modifications have been suggested to eliminate as far as possible, these false positive…
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Selenite Broth Base w/o Biselenite is recommended for the enrichment of Salmonallae species from food, dairy products and pathological specimens, on addition of selenite. It is useful for detecting Salmonella in the non-acute stages of illness when organisms occur in the faeces in low numbers and…
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Granulated Tryptose Broth
HiMediaGranulated Tryptose Broth is for the cultivation primarily of Brucella species.
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HiMedia Buffered Yeast Agar
HiMediaBuffered Yeast Agar is recommended for cultivation of yeasts and moulds and for the controlling of bottle washing operations in the soft drinks and related industries.It contains yeast extract, which supplies B-complex vitamins to stimulate growth. Dextrose is the carbohydrate source. Required pH…
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Plate Count Agar
HiMediaPlate Count Agar is equivalent to the medium recommended by APHA for the isolation of microorganisms in milk and other dairy products (1). Casein enzymic hydrolysate provides amino acids and other complex nitrogenous substances. Yeast extract supplies Vitamin B complex. APHA recommends pour…
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Glucose Salt Teepol HiVeg™ broth (Twin pack) is recommended for enrichment of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and marine isolates from food. Teepol inhibits the growth of gram positive organisms. HiVeg Peptone and HiVeg extract provide essential nitrogenous nutrients and the high percentage of sodium…
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Eugonic LT 100 broth base is recommended for the enrichment and detection of mesophilic aerobic bacteria present in cosmetic products. The composition and performance criteria of the medium are as per the specifications laid down in ISO 21149. Lecithin and Polysorbate 80 added to this medium…
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Bile Salts Mixture
HiMediaBile Salt Mixture is recommended for use is microbiological culture media for selective isolation and cultivation of bile tolerant enteric bacteria.It is recommended for use in MacConkey Agar, SS Agar, Violet Red Bile Agar. It selectively inhibits gram-positive and spore bearing microorganisms…
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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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MacConkey agar with CV and Without NaCl is a differential medium recommended for the selection and recovery of the Enterobacteriaceae and related enteric gram-negative bacilli. Selective agents, Bile salts and crystal violet inhibit most species of gram-positive bacteria. Gram-negative bacteria…
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Potato Dextrose Agar
HiMediaPotato Dextrose Agar is recommended by APHA (1) and F.D.A. (2) for plate counts of yeasts and moulds in the examination of foods and dairy products (3). Potato Dextrose Agar is also used for stimulating sporulation, for maintaining stock cultures of certain dermatophytes and for differentiation of…
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HiMedia Cystine Tryptone Agar
HiMediaThis medium is used for the propagation and maintenance of bacteria even the fastidious ones without addition of additives. This formulation was developed by Vera as a simple semisolid medium for the identification and maintenance of the Gonococcus and other bacteria. This medium has its maximum…
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Malonate Broth, Ewing Modified is used for differentiation of members of Enterobacteriaceae on the basis of malonate utilization. An organism that can simultaneously utilize sodium malonate as its carbon source and ammonium sulfate as its nitrogen source produces alkalinity due to the formation of…
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Enriched Thioglycollate broth is recommended for isolation, cultivation and identification of a wide variety of obligate anaerobic bacteria. This medium is often used for susceptibility testing of anaerobes by broth disk elution method. It is the modification of original Brewers formulation, with…
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HiMedia Basal Mineral Medium
HiMediaBasal Mineral Medium is used for the cultivation of Beggiatoa species. Beggiatoa is most frequently found in natural environments high in heterotrophic organisms. Beggiatoa is one of the few filamentous bacteria that is motile. They have sulphur granules within its cells and attached growth is…