Microbiological Media

Microbiological media products are essential for isolating and identifying microorganisms within the lab. At Thomas Scientific, we have an extensive range of high-quality microbiological media products and accessories to assist with laboratory applications. 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). Microbiological media 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.

For further related products also available at Thomas Scientific we provide samplers and tissue culture media.

Microbiological Media

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  • Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) Plates

    Features: For use as a non-selective, general growth medium for the isolation and cultivation of microorganisms (bacteria, yeast, and fungi). Especially useful for performing colony counts. This medium is also recommended for use in the cultivation, storage, maintenance, and transportation of pure...

  • Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) Plates with Lecithin and Tween® 80, USP

    Tryptic 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.

  • Blood Agar Plate, 5% Sheep Blood in Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) Base

    Features: For the non-selective cultivation of microorganisms. General growth media for bacteria, yeast, and fungi Contains 5% sheep blood from a veterinary supervised, controlled herd of donor animals. Blood is guaranteed to be from healthy antibiotic-free animals Polystyrene Petri plates feature...

  • Biological Indicators – Spore Threads

    Crosstex offers Spore Threads for use in monitoring sterilization processes. Spore Threads consist of inoculated cotton thread, 25 mm x 0.1 mm, packaged in glassine peel pouches or in bulk. When packaged in glassine the packaging provides protection from environmental contaminants during transport...

  • Granulated Potato Dextrose Broth

    Granulated Potato Dextrose Broth is for cultivation and enumeration of yeasts and moulds. Granulated Potato Dextrose Broth is a nutrient-rich medium suitable for cultivating fungi and yeasts. The high carbohydrate content derived from potatoes supports robust fungal growth, making it ideal for...

  • Spore Suspensions of Geobacillus stearothermophilus

    Spore Suspensions are pure suspensions of viable spores with known resistance characteristics and population levels. The convenience of the Spore Suspensions allows for direct inoculation of products, typically to verify sterility of devices where a traditional BI strip cannot be used. They can also...

  • BBL™ Trypticase™ Soy Broth

    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 clinical and...

  • CRITERION™ Yeast Extract

    CRITERION™ Yeast Extract is prepared and standardized for bacteriological use. It is an excellent stimulator of bacterial growth and is used in culture media in place of, or in addition to, beef extract.

  • BBL Gram Stain Kits And Reagents

    Contains all of the components needed for performing the Gram Stain test for categorizing bacteria as gram-negative or gram-positive C376G23 Kit contains one 250 mL bottle of each of the following: gram crystal violet solution, gram safranin solution, gram decolorizer solution and gram iodine...

  • M Endo Broth MF (MF Endo Medium) (M-Coliform Broth)

    It is possible to remove bacteria from fluids by passing them through filters with such small pore size that bacteria are arrested. This filtration technique enables fairly large volumes of water to pass rapidly under pressure, but prevents the passage of any bacteria present. These nutrients are...

  • MacCONKEY AGAR, 500 g

    MP Biomedicals

    Medium used for the isolation of enteric bacilli based on the fermentation of lactose. Macconkey Agar is a selective and differential medium designed for the isolation of enteric gram-negative bacteria. It contains bile salts and crystal violet, which inhibit gram-positive organisms. Lactose...

  • BD Difco™ Tween™ 80/Polysorbate 80

    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. BD products are intended for sale/shipment within the US only. International customers should contact their...

  • TSA with 5% Sheep Blood Plate

    Trypticase Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood is used for cultivating fastidious microorganisms and for the visualization of hemolytic reactions produced by many bacterial species. Applications Grow a wide variety of fastidious organisms on TSA with Sheep Blood, a general purpose non-selective medium with...

  • Petrifilm® Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plates

    The Neogen® Petrifilm® Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plate method is faster and provides results in as little as 48 hours of incubation time, vs. the traditional agar method that requires a five day incubation period. Yeast and molds can grow in a wide range of conditions in raw materials,...

  • Corning® Matrigel® Matrix

    Corning extracellular matrices (ECMs) enable researchers to mimic in vivo environments for 2D and 3D cell culture applications.  Corning Matrigel matrix is a solubilized basement membrane preparation extracted from the Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm (EHS) mouse sarcoma, a tumor rich in extracellular...

  • Biological Indicator Mini Spore Strips for Monitoring EO/Dry Heat Sterilization Processes with Bacillus atrophaeus

    Crosstex offers a full line of Mini Spore Strips for use in monitoring sterilization processes. Mini Spore Strips consist of inoculated filter paper, 2 mm x 10 mm, packaged in glassine peel pouches or envelopes. The glassine packaging provides protection from environmental contaminants during...

  • Petrifilm® Aerobic Count Plates

    The Neogen® Petrifilm® Aerobic Count Plate is a time-saving, sample-ready plate designed to determine total aerobic bacteria populations. A built-in grid facilitates counting colonies, helping to provide fast, precise and consistent results. Each Petrifilm Aerobic Count Plate contains a...

  • Petrifilm® Lactic Acid Bacteria Count Plates

    The Neogen® Petrifilm® Lactic Acid Bacteria Count (LAB) Plate is a self-contained, sample-ready-culture-medium system which contains nutrients, selective agents, a cold-water-soluble gelling agent, and a tetrazolium indicator that facilitates colony enumeration. The Petrifilm LAB Plate...

  • LB Broth, Miller

    MP Biomedicals

    LB broth, Miller, 1 Kg. For the cultivation, propagation and maintenance of E. coli , B. subtilis, S. choleraesuis, C. glutamicum and other bacteria for molecular biology applications. Contains 10 g/liter sodium chloride.

  • Petrifilm® Rapid Aerobic Count Plates

    The Neogen® Petrifilm® Rapid Aerobic Count Plates are a sample ready, culture medium system, which contain nutrients, a coldwater soluble gelling agent, and a dual sensing indicator technology that facilitate colony enumeration in 24 hours for most food matrices and environmental samples....

  • Lauryl Tryptose Broth

    Hardy Diagnostics

    For the detection of coliforms in water and food. Single strength. Contains a durham tube for gas detection.

  • 1M Magnesium Chloride Solution, 50 ml. Sterile 25 pack

    1M Magnesium Chloride Solution Teknova's 1M Magnesium Chloride Solution, available in a convenient 50 ml volume and sold as a sterile 25 pack, stands as a staple for various biological research applications. The solution has been meticulously prepared and sterilized, ensuring that it meets the...

  • Litmus Milk

    Milk contains the carbohydrate lactose along with three main proteins i.e. casein, lactalbumin and lactoglobulin (1). Therefore an organism may exhibit one or several of the following metabolic properties in litmus milk, each specific for a particular species aiding bacterial identification. The...

  • BD Difco™ Salicin

    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. BD products are intended for sale/shipment within the US only. International customers should contact their...

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