Description
Lysine iron (LIA) agar is a differential culture medium supplied in a 500 g pack for biochemical characterisation of enteric bacteria in the microbiology laboratory. The medium supports observation of lysine decarboxylation, lysine deamination and hydrogen sulfide production, reactions that help differentiate members of the Enterobacteriaceae and related organisms. Clinical, food and reference laboratories incorporate LIA agar into identification panels and confirmatory workflows following primary isolation. The material is reconstituted and prepared according to the laboratory’s validated media-preparation procedures before use as slants or plates. A 500 g pack size suits facilities that prepare moderate volumes of differential media on a regular schedule. Available from manufacturer Dinkelberg and originating from Hungary, this agar integrates readily into standard culture-media stores. Clear labelling assists inventory control, batch tracking and documentation within quality-managed environments. Lysine iron agar is intended for professional laboratory use only, within established identification schemes and internal quality systems for enteric bacteriology. Consistent product identification on the pack supports alignment with SOPs and purchasing specifications for differential enteric media.
This article is part of Dehydrated culture media (agar & broth bases), in Culture media & microbiology.
Key features
- Pack size: 500 g
- Product type: Lysine iron (LIA) agar
- Country of origin: Hungary
- Medium format: Agar
- Intended use: Microbiological culture
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Lysine Iron (LIA) Agar, 500g is the article on this page. Luminix Health distributes Dinkelberg 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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