Description
R2A agar, Ph. Eur., is a pharmacopoeia-referenced culture medium supplied in a 5000 g laboratory pack for professional media preparation. This bulk quantity is intended for laboratories that prepare solid R2A agar from powdered components in line with European Pharmacopoeia-oriented workflows, water testing, and related microbiological quality programmes. The 5000 g unit supports higher-throughput media kitchens that require a reliable working stock for repeated weighing, dissolution, and sterilisation cycles under controlled procedures. As a laboratory materials item, it fits analytical, quality-control, and research settings where R2A agar is specified for cultivation work. Originating from Hungary and available from manufacturer Dinkelberg, the product is presented for integration into existing media production, autoclaving, and plating routines rather than as ready-poured plates. Clear pack sizing assists inventory management, batch documentation, and standardised ordering across sites. Laboratories can schedule media runs flexibly while maintaining traceable bulk stock. The Ph. Eur. designation in the product name indicates alignment with pharmacopoeial naming for R2A agar, supporting use where that reference is required in method descriptions and purchasing specifications.
This article is part of Dehydrated culture media (agar & broth bases), in Culture media & microbiology. See also Petri dishes.
Key features
- Pack size: 5000 g
- Product type: R2A agar, Ph. Eur.
- Country of origin: Hungary
- Intended use: Microbiological culture media preparation
- Presentation: Bulk laboratory pack
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R2A Agar, PH EUR, 5000g 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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