Antibiotic Assay Medium A is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This is an Antibiotic Assay Medium A recommended in accordance with European Pharmacopoeia. This Antibiotic Assay Medium A is ideally used for microbiological diffusion assay of several antibiotics.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:ME003-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Peptone: 6.000
• Tryptone:4.000
• Yeast extract: 3.000
• HM Peptone B #:: 1.500
• Glucose monohydrate: 1.000
• Agar: 15.000
• Final pH ( at 25C): 7.00.1

Product features:

• Appearance: Cream to yellow coloured homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling:Firm,comparable with 1.5% Agar gel
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium: Yellow coloured clear to slightly opalescent gel forms in Petri plates
• Reaction :After sterilization, reaction of 3.05% w/v aqueous solution. pH : 7.00.1
• pH:6.90-7.10
• Growth Promotion Test :As per European Pharmacopoeia
• Cultural Response:MU003: Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at specified temperature for 18-24 hours