HiCrome Strep B Selective Agar Base, Modified is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This HiCrome Strep B Selective Agar Base, Modifiedserves as a medium for selective isolation of Group Bstreptococci.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:M1966-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Peptone, special :10.000
• Yeast extract: 4.300
• Chromogenic mixture: 7.500
• Phenol red :0.025
• Agar :15.000
• Final pH ( at 25C): 7.40.2

Product features:

• Appearance: Light yellow to pink homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling: Firm, comparable with 1.5% Agar gel
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium :Red coloured clear to slightly opalescent gel forms in Petri plates
• Reaction: Reaction of 3.68 w/v aqueous solution at 25C. pH : 7.40.2
• pH :7.20-7.60
• Cultural Response:Cultural characteristics observed with added Hicrome Strep B Selective Supplement (FD273), after an incubation at 35-37C for 24 - 48 hours.