High grade Bile Salts Agar is supplied by Micromaster. It is available in the form of a cream to yellow homogenous free flowing powder which has a pH in the range of 8.0 to 8.4. It is advisable to store this product below 30C.

• Quantity provided: 100 g/pack

Bile Salt Agar is used for isolation and enumeration of bile tolerant enteric bacilli. Enteric bacilli include a variety of gram-negative bacilli, frequent inhabitant of the intestine as normal commensals or pathogens. They are mostly members of the Enterobacteriaceae family but members of other taxonomical groups (e.g. Vibrionaceae) are also considered in this category. These organisms can cause either intestinal or extra-intestinal infections. The medium contains peptic digest of animal tissue and meat extract which provide nitrogenous compounds and other essential nutrients for the growth of enteric bacilli. Sodium taurocholate inhibits contaminating gram-positive organisms. Sodium chloride maintains the osmotic balance of the medium.