Butterfield’s Phosphate Buffer (BPB) is used in many procedures for detection of pathogenic microorganisms from food and environmental sources. The BPB is routinely the initial diluent for the raw specimen to be tested. AOAC recommends BPB as the

Bolton Broth 2X is used as a selective pre-enrichment medium for the isolation of Campylobacter species from food samples, specifically poultry samples.

Neutralizing Buffered Peptone Water is used for the enrichment of injured Salmonella species from poultry rinses and food samples.

Buffered Peptone Water is used for pre-enrichment of damaged Salmonella species from food specimens to increase recovery.

Plate Count Agar is recommended for enumeration of microbial plate counts from milk, dairy products, food, water, and other specimens of sanitary importance.

Brain Heart Infusion Broth is a general purpose medium that is used for the cultivation of a variety of bacteria, yeast and fungi.

MacConkey Agar is used as a selective and differential plating medium used in qualitative procedures for the isolation and cultivation of gram-negative organisms, especially coliforms and enteric pathogens from clinical and non-clinical specimens.

Xylose Lysine Desoxycholate Agar (XLD) is a selective medium that is used for the isolation and differentiation of enteric pathogens such as the Shigella and Salmonella species. XLD Agar is recommended for testing clinical, food, dairy, water, and non-

Lauryl Sulfate Broth (LST) is used for the detection of coliforms in water and wastewater.

Tryptic Soy Broth (TSB) is a general purpose medium used for the cultivation of fastidious and nonfastidious microorganisms.

Modified Letheen Broth is used for the recovery of microorganisms from cosmetics.

m Endo broth MF is used in cultivating and enumerating coliform organisms in water by the membrane filter technique.

Mannitol Salt Agar is used for the selective isolation and enumeration of staphylococci from clinical and nonclinical materials.

TSA w/ Lecithin & Polysorbate 80 is recommended for use in determining the efficiency of sanitization of containers, equipment, and work areas. It is also used for the microbial content test for water miscible cosmetic products.

Nutrient Agar is recommended as a general culture medium for the cultivation of the majority of the less fastidious microorganisms.

R2A agar is used for enumerating heterotrophic microorganisms from treated potable water.

Campy Blood Agar is used in the selective isolation and cultivation of Campylobacter species from human fecal specimens.

Sterile Saline is used in making dilutions of samples in preparation for microbial testing of the sample. It is also used for diluting sterile reagents and microorganism preparations. Used in transporting COVID-19 (Corona Virus) samples

Potato dextrose agar, pH 3.5 (PDA) is used for the cultivation and enumeration of yeasts and molds from food and dairy products which may contain bacteria.

Phosphate Buffer with Magnesium Chloride (Phos-WW) is used in many procedures for the preparation of dilution blanks for use in the examination of waters and wastewater.

Buffered Listeria Enrichment Broth with MOPS (MOPSBLEB) is used as an enrichment step in the identification of Listeria monocytogenes using the BAX® system.

Modified MRS Agar is recommended for the isolation, cultivation and enumeration of Lactobacillus species.

MYP (Mannitol-Egg Yolk-Polymyxin Agar) agar is a selective and differential plating medium used in qualitative procedures for the isolation and cultivation of Bacillus cereus from foods.

m FC broth is used in cultivating and enumerating fecal coliforms by the membrane filter technique at elevated temperatures.

Tryptic soy agar w/ 5% sheep blood (Blood agar) is recommended for use as a general purpose medium for the growth of a wide variety of microorganisms and for determining hemolytic reactions.

Tryptic soy agar is a general purpose medium for the isolation, cultivation, and storage (in slant form) of fastidious and non-fastidious microorganisms.

Letheen Broth is used as a culture medium in the determination of phenol coefficients of disinfectant products containing cationic surface-active materials.

Eosin Methylene Blue Agar (EMB) is used in the examination of clinical specimens for the selective isolation and presumptive identification of gram-negative bacilli.

Campy Cefex Agar is recommended for the isolation and cultivation of Campylobacter species from food products, specifically poultry products.

MCCDA Agar is for the isolation of Campylobacter species.