Ashbys Glucose Agar is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This Ashbys Glucose Agar is a medium recommended for cultivation of Azotobacter species from soil that can use glucose and atmospheric nitrogen as source of carbon and nitrogen respectively

Product specifications:

• Catalog number: M713-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Dextrose (Glucose): 20.000
• Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate: 0.200
• Magnesium sulphate: 0.200
• Sodium chloride :0.200
• Potassium sulphate :0.100
• Calcium carbonate: 5.000
• Agar :15.000
• Final pH ( at 25C) :7.40.2

Product features:

• Appearance: White to cream homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling: Firm, comparable with 1.5% Agar gel
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium :Whitish, opalescent gel forms in Petri plates
• Reaction: Reaction of 4.07% w/v aqueous solution at 25C. pH : 7.40.2
• pH: 7.20-7.60
• Cultural Response: Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 35-37C for upto 5 days