Antibiotic Assay Medium No. 2 is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This is an Antibiotic Assay Medium No.2 ideally used as a basal medium for microbiological assay of antibiotics. Antibiotic Assay Medium No.2 is the name given in accordance with United States Pharmacopoeia.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:MU005-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Peptone: 6.000
• Yeast extract :3.000
• Beef extract: 1.500
• Agar: 15.000
• pH after sterilization ( at 25C) :6.60.1

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:Amber coloured slightly opalescent gel forms in Petri plates
• Reaction:Reaction of 2.55% w/v aqueous solution at 25C. pH : 6.60.2
• pH:6.50-6.70
• Cultural Response:MU005: Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 35-37C for 18-48 hours.