Typically used as a dye mark for veterinary vaccines.

MR-VP Medium and MR-VP Broth (Methyl Red-Voges Proskauer Medium/Broth, also know as Buffered Peptone-Glucose Broth) are used for the differentiation of bacteria by means of the methyl red and Voges-Proskauer reactions.

Tryptic Soy Agar is recommended for the general cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms. Tryptic Soy Agar conforms to the formula specified in the US Pharmacopoeia, USP. Northeast Laboratory Services offers a wide range of Tryptic Soy Agar available in petri dish, tube and bottle.

This medium has been long used in Microbiology for the cultivation of fungi, especially Dermatophytes.

MacConkey Broth is used cultivating gram negative, lactose fermenting bacilli and as a presumptive test for coliform organisms. This broth may be used for the presence of coliform organisms in food, water, milk and other materials of sanitary importance. MacConkey Broth conforms to Harmonized…

Standard Methods Agar (SMA) is used for obtaining microbial plate counts from milk and dairy products, water and other materials of sanitary importance.

Mueller Hinton Agar is recommended for the antimicrobial disc diffusion susceptibility testing of common rapidly growing aerobic or facultative anaerobic microorganisms by the Kirby-Bauer method, as standardized by the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute M2-A9, Ninth Edition (2006).

Brilliant Green Agar is a selective medium for the isolation of Salmonella species other than Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi A from fecal specimens, dairy products, or other material. Brilliant Green Agars w/ Sulfadiazine, Nalidixic Acid and/or Nalidixic Acid & Novobiocin are used in…

Pseudomonas Isolation Agar (PIA) is a selective medium for the isolation of Pseudomonas and differentiating Pseudomonas aeruginosa from other pseudomonads on the basis of pigment formation.

Phenylethanol Agar is recommended for use in culturing clinical specimens of mixed Gram positive and negative flora where isolation of Gram positive organisms is desired. It is especially useful in inhibiting the “swarming” property of Proteus.

Ureaplasma Agar and Broth are recommended for the cultivation and isolation of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis.

Physiological Saline and Phosphate Buffered Saline are used as isotonic diluents or bacterial suspensions. Sterilized Water is used for serial dilutions of suspensions.

Skim Milk Agar is commonly used to demonstrate proteolysis by organisms capable of hydrolyzing casein. Proteolytic bacteria use the enzyme caseinase to hydrolyze casein and form soluble nitrogenous compounds displayed as a clear zone around colonies.

Eosin Methylene Blue Agar [EMB] is a differential plating medium recommended for use in the isolation of Gram negative enteric bacilli.

Tryptic Soy Broth is recommended for the general cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms. Tryptic soy broth conforms to the formula specified in the US Pharmacopoeia, USP. Northeast Laboratory Services offers a wide range of Tryptic Soy Broth available in both tubes and bottles.

Lim Broth (Todd Hewitt Broth w/Colistin and Nalidixic Acid) is a selective enrichment medium which may be used in qualitative procedures to isolate Group B Streptococci from clinical specimens containing mixed bacterial flora. Latex or coagglutination tests may be performed on the broth.

PPLO (Mycoplasma) agars and broths, when supplemented with nutritive enrichments, are used for isolating and cultivating Mycoplasma. Mycoplasma Broth base (Frey) is used for the cultivation of avian mycoplasmas.

Nutrient Agar w/ MUG is used to confirm the presence of E. coli in water. Whether this confirmation is considered “final” or “presumptive” will depend on the applicable guidelines and sample source of the test.

Chocolate Agar is recommended for the cultivation and isolation of Neisseria and Haemophilus species. CO₂ favors primary isolation. The medium is best for organisms which require X and V Factor.

Yersinia Selective Agar is a selective differential medium for the isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica.

Cetrimide Agar is designed for selective isolation and identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Fluid Thioglycollate Medium is a general purpose liquid enrichment medium used in qualitative procedures for the sterility test and for the isolation and cultivation of aerobes, anaerobes and microaerophiles that are not excessively fastidious. In clinical microbiology, it may be used as an…

Tryptic Soy Agar is recommended for the general cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms. Tryptic Soy Agar conforms to the formula specified in the US Pharmacopoeia, USP.

Lysine Iron Agar is used to differentiate enteric organisms based on their ability to decarboxylate or deaminate lysine and to form hydrogen sulfide.

Typically used as a dye mark for veterinary vaccines.

Potato Dextrose Agar is recommended for the culture of molds and yeasts, and the stimulation of sporulation.

Sorbitol MacConkey Agar is a selective and differential medium for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7.

VacCHECK is combined with Marek’s diluent to monitor vaccination efficacy.

MacConkey Agar No. 3 is used for the cultivation of Enterobacteriaceae.

Urea Agar is used to study the ability of organisms to split urea media, especially useful in the identification of Proteus species.

Typically used as a dye mark for veterinary vaccines.

This is a selective enrichment broth for the isolation of Salmonella spp. From pharmaceutical, food, dairy and environmental samples.