Dehydrated culture media (agar & broth bases)

Here you will find everything your laboratory needs for dehydrated culture media (agar and broth bases), such as: agar, broth, agar base, bile esculin azide and phenylalanine. This range is for biotech, hospitals, R&D, teaching and (quality) control. This collection holds 911 articles. The catalogue holds more than 150.000 articles. In-stock articles ship in two to five business days.

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Sabouraud 4 % Glucose Agar 124 ml, Carl Roth, art. 37E3.1Carl Roth
Carl Roth Sabouraud 4 % Glucose Agar
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Sabouraud dextrose agar with chloramphenicol BAC, 500 g, Labbox, art. AGSC00P500Labbox
Sabouraud Chloramphenicol Gentamicin Agar, 5000 g, Dinkelberg, art. DB193725000Dinkelberg
Sabouraud Chloramphenicol Agar, 5000 g, Dinkelberg, art. DB193825000Dinkelberg
Sabouraud chloramphenicol gentamicin agar, 500 g, Dinkelberg, art. DB193720500Dinkelberg
Sabouraud Chloramphenicol Agar, 500 g, Dinkelberg, art. DB193820500Dinkelberg
Sabouraud chloramphenicol broth, 5000 g, Dinkelberg, art. DB193325000Dinkelberg
Sabouraud chloramphenicol actidione agar, 5000 g, Dinkelberg, art. DB193125000Dinkelberg
Sabouraud Chloramphenicol Actidione Agar, 500 g, Dinkelberg, art. DB193120500Dinkelberg
Sabouraud chloramphenicol broth, 500 g, Dinkelberg, art. DB193320500Dinkelberg
PharmaBio® Sabouraud Chloramphenicol Agar, 500 g, Dinkelberg, art. DB16193520500Dinkelberg

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Questions about Dehydrated culture media (agar & broth bases)

How do I prepare dehydrated media?

Weigh the amount per litre stated on the label or product sheet and suspend it in purified water. Heat while stirring until the powder has fully dissolved; agars usually need to come to the boil. Sterilise in the autoclave according to the instructions, cool to pouring temperature and add any heat-sensitive supplements only then. Pour into Petri dishes. For ISO-referenced media, such as nutrient agar to EN ISO 6579, 500 g, check the pH and run a growth-performance check on each batch.

Dehydrated or ready-to-use?

Dehydrated media are the flexible, economical option when you prepare plates regularly: you make exactly the volume you need and the powder keeps well when stored dry and closed. Bulk packs, such as tryptone soya agar, 5 kg next to the 500 g pack, suit busy media kitchens. Ready-to-use plates and bottles save preparation time, autoclave capacity and batch testing, which helps smaller labs or occasional use. You will find them in ready-to-use culture media. Many labs use both. Questions: sales@luminixhealth.com.

Why Dehydrated culture media (agar & broth bases)?

A dehydrated medium is a powder the laboratory dissolves, sterilises and pours. The formulation name, the supplements it still needs, and the grams per litre are the specification. Two powders with similar names, one selective and one not, grow different organisms.

A culture medium is the food and the solid or liquid home of a microorganism. Dehydrated media are powders the laboratory dissolves and sterilises. Ready-to-use plates and tubes are already that. A Petri dish is the plate. Selective media let one kind of organism grow and hold another back. The formulation and the supplements, not the colour of the agar, are the specification. Reference strains are at ATCC. Methods are on PubMed. Biosafety practice is the WHO laboratory biosafety topic.

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