Description
Triple Sugar Iron Agar is a dehydrated nutrient medium for microbiology used to differentiate Enterobacteriaceae and related organisms on the basis of carbohydrate fermentation and hydrogen sulphide production. In classic tube assays, the medium supports observation of acid or alkaline reactions in slant and butt, gas formation, and blackening indicative of H2S. Offered as a 500 g plastic pack from manufacturer Carl ROTH, this formulation belongs to dehydrated nutrient media programmes referenced for pharmacopoeial and routine laboratory work. Analysts prepare the agar by standard reconstitution and sterilisation steps, then inoculate slopes for biochemical profiling of isolates from clinical, food, water, or environmental samples. Triple sugar iron reactions remain a core step in many identification schemes alongside other differential media. The convenient bulk pack size suits media kitchens and teaching laboratories that prepare multiple tubes per batch while maintaining consistent composition for comparative reading of fermentation and iron-related indicators.
This article is part of Carbohydrates & sugars, in Biochemicals & reagents.
Key features
- Beef extract: 3 g/l
- Yeast extract: 3 g/l
- Beef- and casein peptone: 20 g/l
- Sodium chloride (NaCl): 5 g/l
- Lactose monohydrate: 10 g/l
- Saccharose: 10 g/l
- Glucose monohydrate: 1 g/l
- Ammonium iron(III) citrate: 0,3 g/l
- Sodium thiosulphate: 0,3 g/l
- Phenol red: 0,025 g/l
- Pack size: 500 g plastic
- Product type: Dehydrated nutrient medium
- Test principle: Sugar fermentation and H2S indication
- Technical Information Sheet:
- Safety Data Sheet:
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