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State-of-the-Art products in microbiology,cell culture, plant tissue culture, and molecular biology.
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Tryptone, ES, (Casitose, ES) is obtained by refined processing of milk protein, manufactured under controlled enzymatic hydrolysis. It is rich in tryptophan content and is extra soluble as compared to other casitose. It can be used as a microbial nutrient in diagnostic and fermentation medias. It…
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Malt Extract Powder, Refined
HiMediaIt is rich in carbohydrates and is ideally suitable for use in media employed for cultivation of fungi such as, Malt Agar, Malt Extract Agar, Yeast Malt Agar, etc. Malt Extract Powder is prepared from aqueous extract of sprouted malt grains and dried at low temperature to preserve nutrients…
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Murashige and Skoog Medium (MS) was originally formulated by Murashige and Skoog in 1962 to optimize tobacco callus bioassay system for facilitating the study of cytokinins. Since then, it is widely used for micro propagation, organ culture, callus culture and suspension culture. Murashige and…
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HiCrome™ Bacillus Agar
HiMediaHiCrome Bacillus Agar is recommended for isolation and differentiation between various species of mixed culture by chromogenic method.
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TCL016 is molecular biology grade sterile filtered water, treated with 0.1% Diethylpyrocarbonate(DEPC). It is prepared by passing water through continuous process which includes water pretreatment, reverse osmosis, deionization, and filtration. It is produced specifically for molecular biology…
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Wilkins Chalgren Anaerobic Agar Base is used for selective isolation and cultivation of anaerobic bacteria and susceptibility testing of anaerobes by the agar dilution method.
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Novobiocin Selective Supplement
HiMediaAn antibiotic supplement, recommended for the rapid presumptive detection of Salmonella species in foods and feed materials. Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2-8°C. Use before the expiry date on the label.
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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…
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Anthracis Selective Supplement
HiMediaAnthracis Selective Supplement is recommended for the selective isolation of Bacillus anthracis . Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2-8°C. Use before the expiry date on the label.
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Oxytetra Selective Supplement
HiMediaAn antibiotic supplement recommended for the selective isolation and cultivation of yeasts and molds. Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2 - 8°C. Use before expiry date on the label.
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Microorganisms in an aquatic environment may occur at all depths ranging from the surface region to the very bottom of the ocean trenches. The top layers and the bottom sediments harbour higher concentration of microorganisms (1). Marine microorganisms are vital to ecological cycles because they…
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The medium is a highly nutritious medium which can support luxuriant growth of wide variety of microorganisms including bacteria, yeasts and moulds and is often used for isolation of pathogens from clinical specimens especially blood. Para amino benzoic acid is an active inhibitor of the…
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Chloramphenicol Yeast Glucose Agar is a selective medium recommended for isolation and enumeration of fungi-yeasts and moulds in milk and milk products (1, 2, 3). Recently this medium has been recommended by ISO committee for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds (4). The medium contains yeast…
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HiMedia Anaerobic Basal Broth
HiMediaAnaerobic Basal Broth is used for the growth of anaerobic microorganisms, particularly Bacteroides species and other fastidious anaerobes.Hemin and Vitamin K in the medium serves as essential growth factors for Bacteroides species. Sodium succinate helps to improve the growth of Bacteroides…
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Pantothenate Assay Medium
HiMediaPantothenate Assay Medium is prepared according to the formulation of the U.S. Pharmacopeia (1) for microbiological assay of pantothenic acid or its salts using Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 8014 as the test organism. This medium contains several nutrients and salts which are required for the…
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Beef Extract Paste
HiMediaBeef Extract Paste is prepared from specially selected fresh lean beef for use in bacteriological culture media. It is highly nutritious and supports good growth of a wide variety of microorganisms. Owing to its nutritive value, it serves as a crude source of carbon and nitrogen, therefore…
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Campylobacter Cefex Agar Base is recommended for isolation and cultivation of Campylobacter species. It is a highly nutritious base and the addition of horse blood supplements the medium with X-factor and other growth factor requirements. Incorporation of antibiotics, Cefaperazone and cycloheximide…
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HiVeg™ Extract No. 1
HiMediaIt is used as follows : General purpose media : Standard Nutrient HiVeg Media (MV877/ MV116), Staphylococcus Enrichment HiVeg Broth (MV464), Disinfectant Test HiVeg Broth (MV354).Diagnostic Media : Yersinia Isolation HiVeg Agar (MV564), Salmonella HiVeg Agar ÖNÖZ (MV573), Inositol…
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HiEncap™ YT Agar
HiMediaHiEncap™ YT Agar is recommended for growth of Escherichia coli K12 strains used in preparation of phage and plasmid DNA according to Miller. Thomas No. C870N44 Each capsule contains 7 gms of medium. Suspend 1 capsule in 250 ml (4 capsules in 1000 ml) distilled or purified water. Thomas…
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This medium is used for the identification of bacteria on the basis of urea utilization, specifically for the differentiation of Proteus species from Salmonella and Shigella species in accordance with Indian Pharmacopoeia, 2007. Application: For Identification of Bacteria on the Basis of Urea…
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For determining efficiency of sanitization of containers, equipment surfaces, water miscible cosmetics etc.
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PPLO Agar was described by Morton, Smith and Leberman (1). It was used in a study of the growth requirements of Mycoplasma (2), along with the identification and cultivation of this organism. (3-5). Pivotal information regarding Mycoplasma has been documented by Sabin (6). Hayflick et al have…
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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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HiCrome™ Coliform Agar Modified
HiMediaHiCrome Coliform Agar Modified is a selective medium recommended for the simultaneous detection of and thermotolerent coliforms in water, milk, dairy products and other food samples.
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PLET Agar Base
HiMediaAnthrax is an infectious disease caused by spores of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. In human anthrax, the bacillus is usually demonstrable in material from a malignant pustule, sometimes in sputum from pulmonary anthrax and also in the blood in the septicemic stage of all forms of the…
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HiMedia M-Endo Agar LES
HiMediaM-Endo Agar LES is recommended for enumeration of coliforms in water using a two step membrane filtration technique. It is used for testing coliforms in water using a two-step membrane filter procedure, wherein Lauryl Sulphate Broth (M080) is used as the primary enrichment medium. This medium is…
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Fluid Lactose Medium
HiMediaColiforms are rod shaped gram-negative organisms that ferment lactose with the production of acid and gas. They are regarded as bacterial indicators of sanitary quality of foods and water. Salmonella is a rod shaped gram-negative enterobacteria commonly implicated in foodborne illness. These…
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Granulated MYP Agar Base (Phenol Red Egg Yolk Polymyxin Agar Base) is for isolation and identification of pathogenic Staphylococci and Bacillus species.
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Murashige and Skoog Medium (MS) was originally formulated by Murashige and Skoog in 1962 to optimize tobacco callus bioassay system for facilitating the study of cytokinins. Since then, it is widely used for micro propagation, organ culture, callus culture and suspension culture. The formulation is…
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Granulated Columbia Agar
HiMediaFor detection of Clostridium sporogenes from pharmaceutical products in accordance with the microbial limit testing by harmonized methodology of USP/EP/BP/IP/JP.
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Asparagine Nitrate Medium is formulated as per Subba Rao (3). Nitrogen transformation in soil results in the loss of molecular nitrogen. The conversion of nitrate and nitrite into molecular nitrogen or nitrous oxide through microbial processes is known as denitrification. Denitrification of bound…