Description
Endo Agar (Base) is a dehydrated nutrient medium for microbiology, used in the preparation of solid culture media for microbiological analyses. It is relevant to hygiene monitoring and to nutrient media employed in the examination of water, where Endo-type agar bases are traditionally applied. The product is offered as a 500 g plastic pack, convenient for media kitchens preparing plates for coliform-related and water-testing workflows. Laboratories reconstitute the dehydrated base according to standard microbiological practice before sterilisation and pouring. From manufacturer Carl ROTH, Endo Agar (Base) supports dehydrated-media stocks used in hygiene and water microbiology. As a base medium it provides the foundation for Endo agar plates once prepared under controlled laboratory conditions. The presentation suits routine batch preparation in environmental and quality-control laboratories performing culture-based checks. Clear labelling and plastic packaging facilitate storage and handling within standard microbiology media inventories focused on water and hygiene applications.
This article is part of Dehydrated culture media (agar & broth bases), in Culture media & microbiology. See also Petri dishes.
Key features
- Peptone: 10 g/l
- Lactose: 10 g/l
- di-Potassium phosphate: 3,5 g/l
- Sodium sulphite: 2,5 g/l
- Agar: 10 g/l
- pH value: 7,5 ±0,2
- Pack size: 500 g plastic
- Product type: Dehydrated nutrient medium (base)
- Use area: Nutrient media for water examination
- Weight: 0,604 kg
- Technical Information Sheet:
- Safety Data Sheet:
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Questions about Endo Agar (Base), for microbiology, 500 g, plastic
What is this article?
Endo Agar (Base), for microbiology, 500 g, plastic is the article on this page. Luminix Health distributes Carl Roth for laboratory use. It sits in Dehydrated culture media (agar & broth bases), inside Culture media & microbiology, in Microbiology lab supplies.
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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The category is Culture media & microbiology. The sub-category is Dehydrated culture media (agar & broth bases). The catalogue is Microbiology lab supplies.
Shelves beside this one are Petri dishes, Ready-to-use culture media (plates, tubes, bottles), Microbiology (other), Inoculation loops, spreaders & needles and Microbial identification, hygiene monitoring & rapid tests.
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