EMB Agar Base is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This is an Eosin Methylene Blue Agar Base used for a basal medium to which different carbohydrates and other test substances may be added for differentiation and study of various enteric bacteria.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number: M301-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Peptone: 10.000
• Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate: 2.000
• Eosin - Y :0.400
• Methylene blue :0.065
• Agar :15.000
• Final pH (at 25C): 7.3 0.2

Product features:

• Appearance : Light pink to purple homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling :Firm,comparable with 1.5% Agar gel
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium: Reddish purple coloured, opalescent gel with greenish cast and finely dispersed precipitate forms in Petri plates
• Reaction: Reaction of 2.75% w/v aqueous solution at 25C. pH : 7.30.2
• pH: 7.10-7.50
• Cultural Response: Cultural characteristics observed with added carbohydrate after an incubation at 35-37C for 18-24 hours (Fungal cultures incubated at 25-30C for 24-48 hours)