Glycerol Asparagine Agar Base is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This Glycerol Asparagine Agar Baseis employed for cultivation of Streptomyces species as per International Streptomyces Project. Glycerol Asparagine Agar Base is also cited as ISP Medium No. 5.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:M360-100G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 100g

Product composition:gm/L

• L-Asparagine: 1.000
• Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate :1.000
• Trace salt solution (ml): 1.000
• Agar: 20.000
• 1ml of Trace salt solution contains - Ferrous sulphate heptahydrate 0.001, Manganese chloride tetrahydrate 0.001, Zinc sulphate heptahydrate 0.001
• Final pH ( at 25C): 7.40.2

Product features:

• Appearance: Off-white to yellow homogeneous free flowing powder.
• Gelling: Firm, comparable with 2.0% agar gel.
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium :Light amber coloured, clear to slightly opalescent gel forms in Petri plates
• Reaction: Reaction of 2.2% w/v aqueous solution containing 1.0% glycerol at 25C. pH : 7.40.2
• pH: 7.20-7.60
• Cultural Response: Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 25-30C upto 15 days.