Examination of water, foods, ingredients and raw materials, for the presence of marker groups such as coliforms is one of the most common tests in a microbiology laboratory, partly because of the relative ease and speed with which these tests can be accomplished. Where it is claimed that drinking…

Glucose Yeast Extract Agar is prepared according to the formula described by Evans and Niven (1) and Rogosa et al (2) and is used for enumeration and cultivation of Lactobacilli in pharmaceutical preparations. The medium contains a variety of salts like sulphates, phosphates to support the…

Broth used for detection and enumeration of coliform bacteria in water, wastewater, dairy products and other food samples.

Granulated 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).

ISP Medium No. 5 (Glycerol Asparagine agar Base) is recommended for cultivation of Streptomyces species as per International Streptomyces Project. This medium provides consistent and reproducible characteristic features of Streptomyces . Glycerol serves as the carbon source while asparagine is the…

Acetobacter Agar (Mannitol) is recommended for maintenance of mannitol positive Acetobacter species. Application: Used as a Maintenance Medium For Mannitol Positive Acetobacter Species Appearance: Cream to yellow homogeneous free flowing powder Gelling: firm, comparable with 1.5% agar gel …

Hiveg medium used for microbiological investigation during brewing and baking. medium at a concentration of 0.001% permits the growth of bacteria and inhibits the growth of most yeasts and moulds except dermatophytes. This medium may be used for the estimation of bacterial contamination of pitching…

Granulated TCBS Agar is for selective isolation and cultivation of Vibrio cholerae and other enteropathogenic Vibrios causing food poisoning.

Poultry flocks are susceptible to respiratory infections from a variety of agents, including Mycoplasmas . The common types of infections from Mycoplasma are chronic respiratory diseases, air sacculitis, sinusitis and synovitis. In many cases, however the infection may be identified only through…

Tryptone Glucose Yeast Extract Agar was originally developed by Bowers and Hucker (1) which they called as Tryptone Glucose Skim Milk Agar. Later on it was modified to the present composition for the cultivation and enumeration of bacteria in air, water (2), milk and dairy products (3). Various…

It is used in culture media used for bulk production of antibiotics, enzymes, veterinary preparations and bacterial toxins. It is used in synthetic media in acclimatization of microorganisms in bioreactor studies. Also, it finds application as lyoprotectant in preparation of freeze-dried cultures…

Brucella Broth Base is recommended for enrichment and cultivation of Brucella or Campylobacter species from clinical and non-clinical specimens. It is used to support luxuriant growth of fastidious bacteria like Brucella species. It can be enriched with 5% v/v sterile defibrinated horse blood. For…

Modified Salt Broth is used for differentiating enterococcal group D Streptococci from nonenterococcal group D Streptococci. High salt content of this medium acts as a differential and selective agent by interefering with membrane permeability and osmotic equilibrium (1). Salt tolerant strains grow…

MIU Medium Base is formulated to detect motility, urease and indole production in single tube. Casein enzymic hydrolysate provide amino acids and other nitrogenous substances. Sodium chloride maintains osmotic equilibrium. Dextrose is fermentable carbohydrate. Phenol red is the pH indicator…

Tryptose Phosphate Broth is prepared as recommended by APHA (1) for the cultivation of fastidious aerobic bacteria especially Streptococcus species, Listeria and pathogenic Neisseria species. It is also used for antibiotic sensitivity testing by tube method (2). This medium with the addition of…

Actinomyces Agar is recommended for the cultivation and maintenance of anaerobic Actinomyces species. HM infusion solids B, tryptose, tryptone, yeast extract, starch and dextrose act as sources of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, vitamins and other growth factors. The metallic salts provide essential…

Brucella Agar Base w/ 1.0% Dextrose is recommended for the cultivation and isolation of Brucella species.This medium is developed for preparations of serum-dextrose-antibiotic medium used for the isolation and cultivation of Brucella species. Appearance: Cream to yellow homogeneous free flowing…

Dey-Engley Neutralizing Broth is formulated as per the procedure described by Engley and Dey (1). Dey -Engley Neutralizing Broth is especially suited for environmental sampling where neutralization of the chemical is important to determine its bactericidal activity. A strongly bacteriostatic…

Dey-Engley Neutralizing Broth is formulated as per the procedure described by Engley and Dey (1). Dey-Engley Neutralizing Broth is especially suited for environmental sampling where neutralization of the chemical is important to determine its bactericidal activity. A strongly bacteriostatic…

These media are used for the differentiation between Enterobacteriaceae and the members of aerogenes group on the basis of citrate utilization as sole carbon source. Initially the citrate medium was developed by Koser (1) containing ammonium salt as the only nitrogen source and citrate as the only…

Ethyl Violet Azide broth is recommended for selective, confirmatory detection of Enterococci as an indicator of faecal pollution in water and other specimens. Combination of ethyl violet dye and of azide favors the selectivity for the growth of Streptococci (Enterococci) while it inhibits…

Granulated Wort Broth is for cultivation and enumeration of yeasts.

Hiveg Media used for microbiological assay of antibiotics : Erythromycin, Chlortetracycline, Dihydrostreptomycin sulphate, Erythromycin estolate, Framycetin, Gentamicin, Gentamicin sulphate, Kanamycin sulphate, Kanamycin monosulphate, Kanamycin acid sulphate, Netilmicin sulphate, Netilmicin,…

Littman Bile agar base is recommended for primary isolation of pathogenic fungi. Crystal violet and Streptomycin in the medium has inhibitory effect on most of the bacteria. Bile restricts spreading of fungal colonies. The neutral pH favors the growth of many pathogenic fungi. Application: For…

Endo HiVeg™ Agar Base is recommended for preparing Endo Agar to confirm presumptive test for lactose fermenting coliforms. Hiveg media recommended by APHA as an important medium in the microbiological examination of water and wastewater, dairy products and foods. It is used to confirm the detection…

It is used for carbohydrate 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…

Hiveg medium Recommended for the performance of the Methyl Red and Voges-Proskauer tests in differentiation of the Coli-aerogenes group. Appearance: Cream to yellow Homogeneous Free flowing powder Prepared Medium: Light yellow Clear solution Reaction of 1.7% w/v aqueous solution at 25°C. pH :…

Charcoal Blood HiVeg™ Agar Base is recommended for the cultivation of Bordetella pertussis for vaccine production and also for the maintenance of stock cultures. Addition of sterile defibrinated horse blood provides enrichment to the media. Penicillin inhbits contaminating bacteria. Cephalexin…

Kings 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…