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State-of-the-Art products in microbiology,cell culture, plant tissue culture, and molecular biology.
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Middlebrook 7H10 Agar Base
HiMediaDubos and Middlebrook (1) developed various formulations containing oleic acid and albumin, which protect Mycobacterium from toxic agents, helping for the growth of tubercle bacilli. Middlebrook 7H10 Agar Base was formulated as per Middlebrook, Cohn et al (2) reformed the original oleic…
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Nutrient Agar w/ Manganese is recommended for promoting sporulation in Bacillus species. This medium is conventionally abbreviated as NAMn favors culture and sporulation of aerobic Bacillus species especially from canned foods. It has been reported that organisms recovered from spoilage of foods…
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HiMedia Limabean Agar
HiMediaLimabean agar is recommended for cultivation of phytopathological and other fungi. It is composed of an infusion of dry lima beans and agar. Limabean infusion provides all essential growth nutrients for fungi. The pH of the medium is 5.6, which enables luxuriant fungal growth. Application: For…
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Schneider's Insect Medium
HiMediaSchneider's insect medium has been specially formulated for the in vitro culture of Drosophila melanogaster cells and tissues. A number of cell lines derived from Drosophila melanogaster are now available and are extensively used in genetic and molecular biology research. Drosophila cells are also…
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Leptospira Medium Base
HiMediaLeptospirosis is an acute febrile disease caused by members of the genus Leptospira (1,2). Direct culture of blood is the most reliable way to detect Leptospira during the first week of illness. After the first week of illness and for several months thereafter, leptospires may be isolated by…
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Lactose Broth
HiMediaExamination 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…
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Starch Casein Agar (Revised as Starch M-Protein Agar) is used for detection of saccharolytic marine bacteria. It is recommended for detection of saccharolytic marine bacteria and actinomycetes.
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antibiotic supplement recommended for the selective isolation of various microorganisms.
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For detection and enumeration of proteolytic microorganisms in foodstuffs and other materials.
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Rosolic Acid
HiMediaRosolic Acid solution is recommended for selective isolation of coliform bacteria. Storage and Shelf Life Store between 10-30°C. Use before expiry date on the label.
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Burkholderia Cepacia Agar Base is used for isolation of Burkholderia cepacia from the respiratory secretions of patients with cystic fibrosis and other non-clinical specimens. The medium is selective for B. cepacia due to bile salts, crystal violet and antibiotics such as Polymyxin B and…
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HiMedia ISP Medium No. 2
HiMediaISP Medium No. 2 (Yeast Malt Agar)(YM Agar) is recommended for the isolation and cultivation of yeasts, molds and other aciduric microorganisms. Fungistatic materials such as sodium propionate and diphenyl are added to YM agar to eliminate molds and thus permit enumeration of yeasts from mixed…
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Granulated R-2A Agar
HiMediaGranulated R-2A Agar is for heterotrophic plate count of treated potable water using longer incubation periods.
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HiMedia Orange Serum Broth
HiMediaOrange Serum Broth is recommended for cultivation of microorganisms associated with spoilage of citrus products, cultivation of Lactobacilli, other aciduric organisms and pathogenic fungi. This medium is recommended by APHA for cultivation of Lactobacilli and other aciduric organisms. Murdock and…
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Hektoen Enteric Agar
HiMediaMedia that isolated a broader spectrum of enteric pathogens are less inhibitory to members of the non-pathogenic intestinal flora. Hektoen Enteric Agar was developed in 1967 by King and Metzger of the Hektoen Institute in order to increase the frequencies of isolation of Shigella and Salmonella…
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SS Agar medium is recommended as differential and selective medium for the isolation of Salmonella and Shigella species from pathological specimens (1) and suspected foodstuffs (2, 3, 4, 5) and for microbial limit test (6). SS Agar is a moderately selective medium in which gram-positive…
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Granulated Lactobacillus MRS Agar (MRS Agar) is for isolation and cultivation of Lactobacilli.
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Hippurate Hydrolysis Broth
HiMediaAyers and Rupp (1) discovered that haemolytic Streptococci from human and bovine sources could be differentiated by their ability to hydrolyze sodium hippurate (1). Facklam et al (2) modified the procedure for the presumptive identification of group A, B and D Streptococci. The ability of an…
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Nitrate Agar
HiMediaNitrate Agar is prepared in accordance with the formula published in Pure Culture Study of Bacteria of the Society of American Bacteriologist (1). The ability to reduce nitrate is valuable for differentiating and identifying various types of bacteria especially Enterobacteriaceae family (2).…
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Granulated Mueller Hinton Agar
HiMediaGranulated Mueller Hinton Agar is for cultivation of Neisseria and for determination of susceptibility of microorganisms to antimicrobial agents.
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Granulated Tetrathionate Brilliant Green Bile Broth is for isolation and identification of Salmonellae.
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Granulated Mannitol Salt Agar
HiMediaFor selective isolation of pathogenic Staphylococci from pharmaceutical products in accordance with the microbial limit testing by harmonized methodology of USP/EP/BP/JP/IP.
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SS Agar, Modified
HiMediaSalmonella and Shigella are gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, non-sporulating rods in the family Enterobacteriaceae . They are widely distributed in animals, infecting mainly the stomach and the intestinal tissues. SS Agar is recommended as differential and selective medium for the…
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Granulated Hektoen Enteric Agar
HiMediaGranulated Hektoen Enteric Agar is for differential and selective isolation of Salmonella and Shigella species from enteric pathological specimens.
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Brilliant Green Sulpha Agar is recommended for isolation and detection of Salmonella species in food, especially eggs and egg products. The media is highly selective. Addition of 0.1% sodium sulphapyridine helps to increase the selectivity of the medium. Brilliant green acts as the inhibitory to…
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Litmus Milk
HiMediaMilk contains the carbohydrate lactose along with three main proteins i.e. casein, lactalbumin and lactoglobulin (1). Therefore an organism may exhibit one or several of the following metabolic properties in litmus milk, each specific for a particular species aiding bacterial identification. The…
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Granulated M-Endo Agar LES
HiMediaGranulated M-Endo Agar LES is for enumeration of coliforms in water using a two step membrane filter technique.
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Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) is one of the most widely used modification of Eagle's medium. DMEM is a modification of Basal Medium Eagle (BME) that contains four fold concentration of amino acids and vitamins. Additionally, the formulation also includes glycine, serine and ferric…
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Tetrathionate Broth Base was first formulated by Mueller (1) who showed that this medium favours the unrestricted growth of enteric pathogens by selectively inhibiting the coliforms. Muellers medium was subsequently modified by Kauffman (2) and Knox (3) in which they obtained more number of…