HiMedia Microbiological Media
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State-of-the-Art products in microbiology,cell culture, plant tissue culture, and molecular biology.
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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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Granulated Tryptone Broth (Tryptone Water) is for detection of indole producing microorganisms.
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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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HiMedia TC Selective Supplement
HiMediaThe HiMedia tellurite - cefixime selective supplement is mainly used in research facilities and chemical laboratories to conduct wide range of experiments. It is available in sturdy bottle that endures heavy and rigorous usage. Application: Recommended for Isolation of Escherichia Coli O157:H7
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Granulated Orange Serum Agar
HiMediaGranulated Orange Serum Agar is for cultivation and enumeration of microorganisms associated with spoilage of citrus products, cultivation of Lactobacilli and other aciduric organisms and pathogenic fungi.
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Wayne Sulphatase Agar Base
HiMediaMycobacteria have traditionally been treated as a separate group of bacteria in most clinical laboratories because of certain distinguishing characteristic. First, most strains are slow growing, having prolonged doubling time, ranging from 2-22 hours. This requires an ideal culture environment to…
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Egg Yolk Agar Base, Modified
HiMediaClostridium perfringens food poisoning is one of the most common types of human food borne illness (1). The foods usually involved are cooked meat or poultry products containing large numbers of viable cells. A heat- labile enterotoxin produced only by sporulating cells (2) induces the major…
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Granulated Lactobacillus MRS Agar (MRS Agar) is for isolation and cultivation of Lactobacilli.
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HiMedia LPM Agar Base
HiMediaLPM Agar Base is recommended for isolation and cultivation of Listeria monocytogenes from food and dairy products. Lee and McClain developed this medium, which is a modification of McBride Listeria Agar. It enhances the recovery of low numbers of L. monocytogenes from mixed microflora in samples.…
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Recommended for microbiological plate assay of carbenicillin, colistimethate sodium, colistin sulphate and Polymyxin B in accordance with USP.
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For cultivation of aerobes and anaerobes, especially pathogenic Clostridia and also for the maintenance of stock cultures as per IS:5887(Part II)-1976. Recommended for the detection and enumeration of bacteria responsible for food poisoning. It is used for cultivation and maintenance of Clostridia…
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This medium used for culturing anaerobic bacteria from blood in bacteremia infection. The medium can also be used for maintaining the cultures isolated from blood and for carrying stock cultures.
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HiMedia Casman Broth Base
HiMediaCasman Broth Base is used for isolation of fastidious microorganisms from clinical specimens under reduced oxygen tension. Proteose peptone, tryptose and HM Peptone B provide amino acids and other complex nitrogenous nutrients. Dextrose improves growth of pathogenic cocci. Corn starch prevents…
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Tryptose Blood Agar Base
HiMediaTryptose Blood Agar Base is a tryptose based medium that can be used for the cultivation of fastidious organisms (1, 2), on supplementation with blood. This medium is devoid of dextrose and therefore useful in determining the haemolytic reactions. Tryptose Blood Agar Base is recommended by FDA…
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Sodium Taurocholate
HiMediaIt is a purified component of Ox bile(free from bile acid) is recommended as a selective agent in microbiological culture media. Appearance Light yellow to light brown,Homogeneous Free flowing, hygroscopic powder having characteristic sharp odor, but not putrescent. Solubility Freely…
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Yeast Extract Powder
HiMediaIt is rich in vitamins especially those belonging to B complex and is often used to supply these factors in culture media at a concentration of 0.3% to 0.5%. It is particularly used in media for cultivation of microorganisms encountered in milk or other dairy products. Yeast Extract Powder is…
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Bifidobacterium Selective Count Agar Base (BSC Propionate Agar Base) is recommended for enumeration of presumptive Bifidobacterial by colony count technique from milk products. It is used for selective enumeration of Bifidobacterial in fermented milks and fermented milk drinks living together with…
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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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Hiveg medium used for enumeration of coliform bacteria from materials of sanitary importance. The medium contains a combination of brilliant green and bile, which is highly selective for coliforms, inhibiting most of the gram-positive bacteria including lactose fermenting Clostridia and some…
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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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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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Granulated Letheen Broth, Modified (Modified Letheen Broth) is for screening cosmetic products for microbial contamination.
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Antibiotic Assay Medium No. 41 as recommended by USP is used for turbidimetric microbiological assay of thiostreptone using Enterococcus hirae as test organism.
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Burkholderia Cepacia Selective
HiMediaAn antibiotic supplement recommended for selective isolation of Burkholderia cepacia . Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2 - 8°C. Use before expiry date on the label.
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Simmons Citrate Agar
HiMediaThese media are used for the differentiation between Enterobacteriaceae and the members of aerogenes group on the basis of citrate utilization as sole carbon source. Initially the citrate medium was developed by Koser (1) containing ammonium salt as the only nitrogen source and citrate as the only…
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Triple Sugar Iron Agar
HiMediaBrewer thioglycollate medium is prepared as per the original formula of Brewer (1, 2). It contains highly nutritious proteose peptone and beef infusion, which support luxuriant growth of even fastidious bacteria. Sodium thioglycollate helps to create anaerobic condition as well as neutralizes…
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Esculin
HiMediaThis supplement is recommended for detection of group D streptococci by means of esculin hydrolysis. Storage and Shelf Life Store between 10-30°C. Use before expiry date on the label.
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Soyabean Casein Digest Agar is a widely used medium, which supports the growth of wide variety of organisms even that of fastidious ones such as Neisseria, Listeria , and Brucella etc. The medium with addition of blood provides perfectly defined haemolysis zones, while preventing the lysis of…
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Coliforms are considered to be members of Enterobacteriaceae , which grow in the presence of bile salts and produce acid and gas from lactose within 48 hours at 37°C (1). These bacteria can also be defined as, members of Enterobacteriaceae capable of growing at 37°C, that normally…