Criterion MacConkey Agar with Sorbitol, Dehydrated Culture Media, 500gm Wide-Mouth Bottle

$106.95

Description

Type: Dehydrated Culture Media (a powder designed to be rehydrated to create agar).
Selective and Differential: It is formulated to be both selective (inhibits the growth of some organisms) and differential (allows different organisms to be visually distinguished).
Packaging: 500-gram wide-mouth bottle.
Quality Standard: Formulated to meet or exceed the highest quality standards for dehydrated media.

The primary use of this medium is for the Detection of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7.

Primary Function: It isolates and presumptively identifies the pathogenic E. coli O157:H7 by exploiting its inability to ferment sorbitol (colonies appear colorless or clear), while inhibiting most Gram-positive bacteria.
Applications:
- Food Safety/Testing: To screen food products for contamination.
- Clinical Diagnostics: To identify the pathogen in patient specimens within laboratory settings.
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Compounding Pharmacy: Used for quality assurance and control testing.
- Environmental Testing: For monitoring various environmental samples, such as water.

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