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Dextrose Tryptone HiVeg™ agar, modified is recommended for isolation and cultivation of aciduric and thermophilic, aerobic flat-sour sporeformers from canned food, sugar etc. This medium is used for the examination of canned food, sugar and starch for thermophilic bacteria such as Bacillus…
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HiMedia Bacteriological Peptone
HiMediaPeptone, Bacteriological confer nutritional benefit, especially at low dilution rates, and is recommended to support good growth of wide variety of microorganisms. Appearance: Light yellow to brownish yellow homogenous free flowing powder, having Characteristic odor but not putrescent …
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HiMedia Emerson YSS Agar
HiMediaEmerson YSS agar is recommended for the isolation of Actinomycetes and other fungi. Emerson YSS (Yeast Soluble Starch) agar has yeast extract that serves as a source of B-complex vitamins, amino acids and essential nutrients. Soluble starch serves as a source of energy and carbon. It also…
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HiCrome Klebsiella Selective Agar Base is used for the selective isolation and easy detection of water and other sources. This medium can also be used in membrane filtration procedure.
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An antibiotic supplement recommended for selective isolation of Legionella species. Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2-8°C. Use before the expiry date on the label.
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Mueller Hinton Broth
HiMediaThe Mueller Hinton formulation was originally developed as a simple, transparent agar medium for the cultivation of pathogenic Neisseria species (2). Other media were subsequently developed that replaced the use of Mueller Hinton Agar for the cultivation of pathogenic Neisseria species, but it…
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HiCrome™ UTI Selective Agar
HiMediaHiCrome UTI Selective Agar is chromogenic differential medium for identification, differentiation and confirmation of enteric bacteria from specimens such as urine, which may contain large number of Proteus species as well as potentially pathogenic gra
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Lactose Broth is is recommended by British pharmacopoeia(4) for selective pre-enrichment of Enterobacteriaceae as well as for E.coli and Salmonella in water, food and pharmaceutical products.The medium is used for detection of specified microorganisms of non-sterile products according to…
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HiMedia Agar Powder, Extra pure
HiMediaRecommended for culture media, disc diffusion susceptibility tests where low mineral/metal content is desirable.? Gelling temperature not more than 38 deg C.
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Dey-Engley Neutralizing Broth as recommended in disinfectant testing where neutralization of antiseptics and disinfectants is important for determining its bactericidal activity in accordance with USP. It neutralizes quaternary ammonium compounds, phenolics, iodine and chlorine preparations,…
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Baird Parker Agar Base
HiMediaBaird Parker Agar was developed by Baird-Parker (1,2) from the Tellurite - glycine formulation of Zebovitz et al (3) for isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from foods. This medium was found to be less inhibitory to Staphylococcus aureus than other media, at the same time being more…
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Nutrient Media are general purpose media used for the examination of water and dairy products according to Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste water (1) and Dairy Products (2). Nutrient Agar, pH 6.0 with 0.8% NaCl is a modification of Nutrient Agar w/ 0.8 % NaCl and recommended…
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Elliker HiVeg™ broth (Lactobacilli HiVeg™ broth) is recommended for cultivation of Lactobacilli and Streptococci of importance in dairy industry. Testing for lactic acid bacteria in dairy products may be useful for determining the cause of acid defects in products and evaluating lactic starter…
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This media is formulated as per American Public Health Association for presumptive identification and confirmation of coliform bacteria. During examination of water samples, growth from presumptive positive tubes showing gas in Lactose Broth (M026) or Lauryl Tryptose Broth (M080) is inoculated in…
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Tomato Juice Broth
HiMediaMickle and Breed (1) first described the use of tomato juice in the culture media for Lactobacilli. Tomato Juice Broth is recommended for the cultivation of yeast and other aciduric organisms (2) and is based on the formula of Kulp and White for cultivation of yeasts and other aciduric…
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Brain Heart Infusion Medium is useful for cultivating a wide variety of microorganisms since it is a highly nutritive medium. Brain Heart Infusion Broth is a modification of the original formulation of Rosenow, where he added pieces of brain tissues to dextrose broth (1). Brain Heart Infusion…
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HiCrome™ ECC Selective Agar
HiMediaHiCrome ECC Selective Agar is recommended for detection of Escherichia coli and coliforms in water and food samples. HiCrome ECC Selective Supplement (FD190) needed.
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HiMedia Bile Esculin Azide Agar
HiMediaBile Esculin Azide Agar is recommended for selective isolation and presumptive identification of faecal Streptococci. Bile and sodium azide inhibits other accompanying bacteria. Esculetin gives a dark brown or black complex which forms a zone of black precipitate around the colonies. Appearance:…
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Tributyrin HiVeg Agar Base is specially developed from HiVeg peptone to avoid BSE/ TSE risks associated with animal origin Peptic digest of animal tissue. This medium is the modification of Tributyrin Agar Base, which was originally formulated by Anderson (1) for the detection and enumeration of…
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Tergitol-7 HiVeg™ Agar Base is selective and differential used for the detection and enumeration of coliform organisms. Faecal coliform bacteria appear as yellow colonies with deep yellow halo after incubation at 44deg C. This medium is prepared by replacing animal peptones with vegetable defined…
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Glucose Yeast Extract Acetate Broth is recommended for cultivation of Lactobacilli. Prepared by slight modification of the formula described by Evans and Niven and Rogosa et al and is used for enumerating Lactobacilli in pharmaceutical preparations. Application: For Cultivation of Lactobacilli …
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WL Nutrient Broth
HiMediaWL (Wallerstein Laboratory) media are formulated as described by Green and Gray for the examination of materials encountered in brewing and for industrial fermentations containing mixed flora of yeast and bacteria (1, 2). Bakers yeast counts can be carried out in this medium at a pH 5.5. By…
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Antibiotic Assay Medium E as per European pharmacopoiea used as microbiological assay of Framycetin sulphate and Neomycin sulphate using Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus pumilus as test organism. Application: For Microbiological Assay of Neomycin Sulphate and Framycetin Sulphate using Bacillus…
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HiMedia Eugonic Agar
HiMediaEugonic agar is recommended for cultivation of fastidious microorganisms like Haemophilus, Neisseria, Pasteurella, Brucella and Lactobacillus species. The colony appears larger on Eugonic agar than on Tryptone Soya agar due to high concentration of sulfur and carbon sources. The combination of high…
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Legionella Selective Supplement
HiMediaAn antibiotic supplement recommended for the selective isolation of Legionella species . Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2 - 8°C. Use before expiry date on the label.
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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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Letheen agar w/ Triton X-100 is recommended for screening cosmetic products for microbial contamination. It supports luxuriant growth of most organisms including detection of yeast and molds. Triton X-100 acts as a surfactant. Lecithin and polysorbate 80 to the medium enables the recovery of…