Anaerobic Blood Agar Base is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This is an Anaerobic Blood Agar Baseideally used for isolation and cultivation of Group A and Group B Streptococci from throat cultures and other clinical samples.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number: M1345-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Tryptone: 14.500
• Soya peptone: 5.000
• Sodium chloride: 5.000
• Growth Factors: 1.500
• Agar: 14.000
• Final pH ( at 25C): 7.30.2

Product features:

• Appearance:Cream to yellow homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling:Firm, comparable with 1.4% Agar gel.
• Colour and Clarity:Basal medium : Yellow coloured clear to slightly opalescent gel. After addition of 5%v/v sterile defibrinated blood : Cherry red coloured opaque gel forms in Petri plates
• Reaction:Reaction of 4.0% w/v aqueous solution at 25C. pH : 7.30.2
• pH: 7.10-7.50
• Culture response: Cultural characteristics observed in presence of 5-10% CO2 with added 5%v/v sterile defibrinated sheep blood and Neomycin Supplement (FD149), after an incubation at 35-37C for 24-48 hours.