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

Baird Parker Agar was developed by Baird Parker (1, 2) from the Tellurite-glycine formulation of Zebovitz et al (3) for isolation and enumeration of Staphylococci in food and other material since it allows a good differentiation of coagulase positive strains. A high correlation has been found…

CRITERION™ TCBS (Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose) Agar is recommended for the selective isolation and cultivation of Vibrio spp. from clinical specimens.

HI Powder is manufactured under controlled conditions to meet the nutritional demands of highly fastidious microorganisms. It is rich in amino acids, peptides and other nutrients. Used in media employed for cultivation of fastidious organisms, like Brucella species, Mycoplasma, Pneumococci,…

Peptone, 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 …

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

CRITERION™ Pancreatic Digest of Casein is a general purpose growth peptone used as a nitrogen source in culture media formulated for isolating and cultivating fastidious and nonfastidious bacteria and fungi and some protozoa.

Enriched media for maintenance and propogation of E. coli and plasmid growth. Produces higher cell densities resulting in greater yields of DNA or recombinant problem. Glycerol is used as a carbon source with this formulation instead of glucose as it will not ferment to acetic acid. …

It is used in culture media used for bulk production of antibiotics, enzymes, veterinary preparations and bacterial toxins. It is used in synthetic media in acclimatization of microorganisms in bioreactor studies. Also, it finds application as lyoprotectant in preparation of freeze-dried cultures…

Liver Extract Powder is a dehydrated extract of fresh liver tissues of healthy animals. It is processed under controlled conditions to retain all the nutritive values of liver. Appearance Brownish yellow to brown Homogenous Free flowing powder, having Characteristic odor but not putrescent. …

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…

HM Peptone B Powder is not exposed to harsh treatment of protein hydrolysis, as used for preparation of peptone. Hence it supplies phosphates, minerals, energy sources and other essential nutrients missing from peptone. It has wide application in general purpose, diagnostic media employed for bulk…

For propagation and maintenance of E. Coli. High Salt Formula. Molecular Biology Grade. Dissolve 40 grams in 1 liter distilled water Adjust pH to 7.2 Sterilize by autoclaving for 15 minutes Ingredients: Peptone: 10g/l Yeast: 5 g/l Sodium Chloride: 10g/l Agar: 15g/l

Wickerham formula, classification of yeasts based on amino acid and carbohydrate requirements.

CRITERION™ MacConkey Agar is recommended for use as a selective and differential medium for the isolation of gram-negative bacilli (including coliform organisms and enteric pathogens), on the basis of lactose fermentation.

Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Brilliant Green Agar is recommended for the selective enrichment of Salmonella spp. other than S. typhi and S. paratyphi from clinical and non-clinical specimens. CRITERION™ Dehydrated Culture Media by Hardy Diagnostics is formulated to meet or exceed…

It can be used in following media: Tryptose Media : for cultivation of fastidious microorganisms and for preparing Blood Agars, HiVeg (MV073/MV834). HiVeg hydrolysate No. 1 aids in maintaining blood cells in excellent state, thus haemolytic reactions can be easily demonstrated.Vaccine…

Casein Acid Hydrolysate is used in preparation of microbiological media. It is an acid hydrolysate of casein. It has Sodium chloride less than 3% and is Vitamin free. Appearance Off white to light yellow Homogenous Free flowing powder, having Characteristic odor but not putrescent. …

BD Difco™ Dehydrated Culture Media Manufactured and tested for uniformity and consistency from lot-to-lot Packaging offered in 100 g, 500 g, 2 kg and 10 kg BBL/Difco Laboratories maintains a strong commitment to research and development, resulting in an extensive range…

Bile Salts is extracted under controlled conditions from purified fresh bile, to be used in bacteriological culture media as a selective inhibitory agent for isolation and identification of pathogens. It is used in media for example MacConkey Agar/Broth, SS Agar, VRBA, Fluid Tetrathionate Medium,…

Beef Extract powder Type I is prepared from lean beef, for use in bacteriological preparation and general purpose media. Appearance Light yellow to yellow Homogenous Free flowing powder,having Characteristic odor but not putrescent. Solubility Freely soluble in distilled/purified water,…

CRITERION™ Thioglycollate Media are recommended for the cultivation of aerobic, microaerophilic, and anaerobic microorganisms. The media are sterility tested according to the standards published by U.S. Pharmacopeia.

BD supplies more than 400 different BD Difco™ and BD BBL™ brand media formulations and ingredients in dehydrated form for the convenience of the laboratorian and bioprocessing specialist.

Sabouraud Dextrose Agar is used in qualitative procedures for cultivation of pathogenic and nonpathogenic fungi, particularly dermatophytes. The medium is rendered more selective for fungi by the addition of antimicrobics.

Plate Count Agar is formulated as described by Buchbinder et al (1) which is recommended by APHA (2,3,4) and FDA (5). Casein enzymic hydrolysate provides amino acids and other complex nitrogenous substances. Yeast extract supplies Vitamin B complex. APHA recommends the use of pour plate…

For propagation and maintenace of E.Coli. High Salt Formula. Molecular Biology Grade. Dissolve 15.5 grams in 1 liter distilled water and adjust the pH to 7.2. Sterilize by autoclaving for 15 minutes. Ingredients: Casein Digest Peptone: 10 g/L Yeast Extract: 5 g/L Sodium…

SM Growth Powder is recommended for cultivation of dairy organisms and differentiation of Clostridium species. (Sterilization at 121deg C for 5 mins). Addition of SM powder to nutrient-rich medium creates favorable conditions for growth of organisms, which are encountered in milk. Bacillus…

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

Tryptose Phosphate Broth is prepared as recommended by APHA (1) for the cultivation of fastidious aerobic bacteria especially Streptococcus species, Listeria and pathogenic Neisseria species. It is also used for antibiotic sensitivity testing by tube method (2). This medium with the addition of…

Casein Acid Hydrolysate is obtained by degrading casein with hydrochloric acid; vitamins and other growth promoting compounds are largely destroyed in the process. Appearance Off white to yellow Homogenous Free flowing powder,having Characteristic odor but not putrescent. Solubility …

Casitose Yeast Peptone is a mixture of milk protein and yeast peptone, manufactured under controlled conditions to retain its nutritive values. It has highly nutritious to meet the growth requirements of wide variety of microorganisms. It is equivalent to Casein Yeast Peptone. Application: For…

Buffered Peptone Water is a pre-enrichment medium used for increasing the recovery of injured Salmonella species from foods prior to selective enrichment and isolation. Buffered Peptone Water is a pre-enrichment medium designed to help recovery of sub-lethally damaged Salmonellae before…