CRITERION™ Yeast Extract is prepared and standardized for bacteriological use. It is an excellent stimulator of bacterial growth and is used in culture media in place of, or in addition to, beef extract.

CRITERION™ Azide Blood Agar Base for the isolation of staphylococci and streptococci.

CRITERION™ EC Medium with MUG is recommended for the detection of Escherichia coli in water and food samples by fluorogenic means.

CRITERION™ Tryptic Soy Broth is recommended for use as a general purpose medium for the isolation and cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms.

CRITERION™ Middlebrook 7H9 Broth Base is primarily for the cultivation of mycobacteria.

CRITERION™ Mueller Hinton Broth is recommended for use in the cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms. Mueller Hinton Broth is also recommended for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of aerobic microorganisms by broth dilution methods.

CRITERION™ Oxford Listeria Agar Base is used for the selective isolation of Listeria moncytogenes from food. Listeria Selective Supplement, product #SR140E, is required for this medium.

CRITERION™ MacConkey Agar with Sorbitol is to be used as a selective and differential medium for the detection of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157:H7.

CRITERION™ Phenol Red Broth Base is intended to be used in the differentiation of microorganisms based on fermentation reactions.

CRITERION™ Sabouraud Dextrose Broth (Sabdex) is recommended for the isolation, cultivation, and maintenance of nonpathogenic and pathogenic species of fungi and yeasts.

CRITERION™ Nutrient Broth is a general purpose growth media recommended for use in the cultivation of nonfastidious microorganisms.

CRITERION™ Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA) is recommended for use as a selective and differential medium for the isolation of pathogenic staphylococci.

CRITERION™ EE Broth Mossel, used for the selective enrichment and detection of Enterobacteriaceae. Conforms to Harmonized USP/EP/JP Requirements.

CRITERION™ Kligler Iron Agar (KIA) is recommended for use in differentiating certain members of the Enterobacteriaceae by demonstrating hydrogen sulfide production and the fermentation of dextrose and lactose.

CRITERION™ Violet Red Bile Agar with MUG is primarily for use in the detection of Escherichia coli and total coliforms in food and dairy products.

CRITERION™ Bile Salts #3 is specifically formulated for use in MacConkey Agar, SS Agar, and Violet Red Bile Agar.

CRITERION™ Papaic Digest of Soybean Meal is an enzymatic soybean meal prepared especially for use in microbiological cultures. It is recommended for use in media for the cultivation of a large variety of organisms, including fungi, and is also used in media for microbiological assay.

Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ mTEC Agar is recommended for the differentiation and enumeration of thermotolerant Escherichia coli in water by membrane filtration and an in situ urease test.

CRITERION™ Columbia CNA Agar Base is intended to be used as a selective basal media to which blood is added for the selective isolation and differentiation of gram-positive cocci.

CRITERION™ UVM Modified Listeria Enrichment Broth is recommended for the rapid isolation of Listeria monocytogenes.

CRITERION™ Lactose Broth is used to detect coliforms in food, dairy products, and water, and to preenrich samples for the recovery of Salmonella species.

Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Sodium Chloride is a high quality granulated salt suitable for use in preparing microbiological culture media. CRITERION™ Dehydrated Culture Media by Hardy Diagnostics is formulated to meet or exceed the highest standards. Wide mouth opening -…

CRITERION™ GC Agar Base is used in the preparation of media for the cultivation and selective isolation of fastidious organisms such as Neisseria and Haemophilus species. VCAT Selective Supplement, product #SR104B and GC Growth Supplement, Vitox with Diluent, product #SR090A, are required for…

CRITERION™ BiGGY Agar (Bismuth Sulfite Glucose Glycine Yeast Agar) is a selective and differential medium used in the isolation and presumptive identification of Candida spp.

CRITERION™ D/E Neutralizing Broth is an employed for neutralizing of antiseptics and disinfectants and detecting organisms remaining after treatment. This broth is especially suited for environmental sampling where neutralization of the chemical is important to determine its bactericidal activity.

CRITERION™ Bismuth Sulfite Agar for the selective isolation of Salmonella spp. from clinical and environmental specimens.

CRITERION™ Corn Meal Agar is recommended for use in the cultivation of fungi and for the inducement of chlamydospore formation by Candida albicans.

CRITERION™ Standard Methods Agar (Plate Count Agar) is recommended for use in determining the microbial content in dairy products, food, water and other material of sanitary importance.

CRITERION™ Tetrathionate Broth Base for the selective enrichment of Salmonella spp. Tetrathionate Supplement, product #Z129, is required for this medium.

CRITERION™ Violet Red Bile Agar is recommended for the detection of coliforms in food or dairy products.

CRITERION™ Fraser Broth Base is used in selectively enriching and detecting Listeria spp. The medium is used in the rapid detection of Listeria from food and environmental samples. Fraser Supplement, product #SR156E, is required for this medium.

CRITERION™ D/E Neutralizing Agar, used for neutralizing and determining the bacterial activity of antiseptics and disinfectants.