Microbiological Media
Microbial culture media supports the survival and growth of various bacteria types, such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
Microbial culture media can be prepared in various forms. The key microbiological products include liquid (broth), solid (agar plates), or semi-solid (deep).
Prepared microbiological media pouches of products can provide the correct nutrients, environment, and selected conditions to suppose the growth and continuous study of microorganisms and can ensure you achieve accurate and reliable results.
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3M™ Petrifilm™ E. coli/Coliform Count (EC) Plates contain Violet Red Bile (VRB) nutrients, a cold-water-soluble gelling agent, an indicator of glucuronidase activity, and an indicator that facilitates colony enumeration. Most E. coli (about 97%) produce…
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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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Ideal for collecting, adding, and safely shipping carcass rinse samples for testing. Wide mouth opening and screw cap prevents spillage during transfer and guards against leakage. "Lift 'n' Peel" liner assures that the product has not been tampered prior to sample…
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Reinforced Clostridial Broth w/o Agar is formulated by Hirsch and Grinsted (1). It can be used to initiate growth from small inocula and to obtain the highest viable count of Clostridia. Barnes and Ingram used the broth medium for diluting an inoculum of vegetative cells of Clostridium perfringens…
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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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Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) Plates with Lecithin and Tween® 80, USP
Hardy DiagnosticsTryptic Soy Agar (TSA) with Lecithin and Tween®, USP is recommended for use as a general growth medium for establishing microbiological trends, alerts and action levels in biologically controlled environments.
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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.
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Lyophilised, polyclonal rabbit antisera with approx. 0.04% thimerosal as a preservative. When rehydrated and used as described, each vial of Difco™ antisera diluted 1:10 contains sufficient reagent for approximately 200 slide tests.
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M-Nutrient Broth
HiMediaM-Nutrient Broth is used for enumeration of non-fastidious bacteria using membrane filtration technique. The medium was originally developed as Nutrient Broth as is mentioned in Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Waste Water. This medium has relatively simple formulation with high…
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Proteose Peptone
HiMediaIt 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…
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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.
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HardyDisk™ ONPG Differentiation Disk
Hardy DiagnosticsHardyDisk™ ONPG Differentiation Disk is used to differentiate members of the Enterobacteriaceae and other microorganisms based on beta-galactosidase activity. Each cartridge contains 50 disks that are spring loaded for smooth and reliable dispensing from the single metal disk dispenser by…
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Trypticase Soy Broth conforms with specifications of The United States Pharmacopeia (USP). Trypticase Soy Broth (Soybean-Casein Digest Medium) is a general-purpose medium used in qualitative procedures for the cultivation of fastidious and nonfastidious microorganisms from a variety of…
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Sheilds and Sang M3 Insect medium is based on the original formula of D22 medium. The medium supports the growth of the cells derived from Drosophila melanogaster . Sheilds and Sang (1977) eliminated chloride salts present in the previous formulation and introduced potassium and sodium ions in the…
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BD ready-for-use prepared bottled media help detect microorganisms from pharmaceutical, food, environmental or water testing samples.
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Tryptone, Powder
RPI (Research Products International)Pancreatic digest of casein used to supplement media in cultivation of anaerobic bacteria. pH (1% solution): 7.3. Ingredients: Molecular Biology Grade Total Nitrogen (TN): ~12.7% Amino Nitrogen (AN): ~3.7% AN/TN Ratio: 0.26 Sodium Chloride: ~0.4% Tryptophan: ~1.0
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CRITERION™ Fraser Broth Base
Hardy DiagnosticsCRITERION™ Fraser Broth Base is used in selectively enriching and detecting Listeria spp. The medium is used in the rapid detection of Listeria from food and environmental samples. Fraser Supplement, product #SR156E, is required for this medium.
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HiMedia Anaerobic Agar
HiMediaIt is recommended for surface cultivation of members of the genus Clostridium and other anaerobic organisms on plates. This medium is suitable for isolation of facultative and obligate anaerobes and for the study of colonial morphology as colonies can be readily seen on the light coloured agar and…
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CRITERION™ Corn Meal Agar
Hardy DiagnosticsCRITERION™ Corn Meal Agar is recommended for use in the cultivation of fungi and for the inducement of chlamydospore formation by Candida albicans.
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Buffered Peptone Water
HiMediaBuffered 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…
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BD provides BD Difco™ Complete and Incomplete Freund's adjuvants. Our Complete adjuvants are prepared with Mycobacterium butyricum or Mycobacterium tuberculosis organisms. Often used in antigen-adjuvant emulsions, they support immunological studies with laboratory animals.
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BCYE Agar (Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract)
Hardy DiagnosticsFor the cultivation of Legionella spp. from clinical and environmental specimens.
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Recommended as a broth medium in turbidimetric or serial dilution assay of a wide variety of antibiotics in accordance with USP, Antibiotic Assay Medium No. 3 as per USP, Used to assay Capreomycin, Chloramphenicol, Chlortetracycline, Dihydrostreptomycin, Gramicidin, Oxytetracycline, Tetracycline,…
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3M™ Clean-Trace™ Surface Protein Plus Test Swab PRO100 is a simple, quick, and reliable method of checking for the removal of protein residues after cleaning and quickly identifies contamination. This sensitive tool detects as little as 50µg of protein on surfaces. The use of protein testing…
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MacConkey Broth, USP
Hardy DiagnosticsMacConkey Broth is used for cultivating gram-negative, lactose-fermenting bacilli and as a presumptive test for coliform organisms.
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CIP-5 Ciprofloxacin HardyDisks™ AST
Hardy DiagnosticsHardyDisk™ AST’s are impregnated paper disks used for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST); also known as disk diffusion or Kirby-Bauer testing. Each cartridge contains 50 disks that are spring loaded for smooth and reliable dispensing.
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3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid Aerobic Count Plates (RAC) feature technology that facilitates colony enumeration in just 24 hours for most food matrices / environmental samples and resists distortion caused by spreader colonies. Aerobic count bacteria are present in a variety of food…
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BD Tryptic Soy Broth (Soybean-Casein Digest Medium) is a general purpose liquid enrichment medium used in qualitative procedures for the sterility test and for the enrichment and cultivation of aerobic microorganisms that are not excessively fastidious. In clinical microbiology, it may be used for…
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HiCrome™ MacConkey Sorbitol Agar
HiMediaHiCrome MacConkey Sorbitol Agar is recommended for selective isolation of animal feeding stuffs.