Columbia Blood Agar Base is usually prepared with horse, sheep, or rabbit blood to determine the hemolytic reactions of fastidious pathogenic microorganisms. Columbia Blood Agar Base can be prepared as Blood Agar or Chocolate Agar or used without blood as a general purpose medium. This medium ...
A selective medium for isolation of gram positive bacteria. Most often utilized with blood added. Eliner, et al. added colistin and nalidixic acid to Columbia Agar to suppress the growth of Gram negative bacteria. The addition of 5-10% sheep red blood cells to the base demonstrates hemolytic ...
Suitable for the cultivation of anaerobes and stock culture maintenance. Used to differentiate saccharolytic from proteolytic Clostridium sp. Saccharolytic species form acid and gas without digesting the meat. Proteolytic species form sulfur compounds (putrid smell) and break down the meat to ...
D/E Neutralizing Agar is capable of neutralizing a broad spectrum of antiseptic and disinfectant chemicals including quaternary ammonium compounds, phenolics, iodine, chlorine preparations, mercurials, formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde. It can determine the bactericidal capability of disinfectants ...
