HiCrome UTI Agar, Modified is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This HiCrome UTI Agar, Modified, is a chromogenic differential medium. HiCrome UTI Agar, Modified, serves as a mediumfor identification, differentiation and confirmation of enteric bacteria from specimens such as urine which is likely to incorporate large number of Proteus species as well as potentially pathogenic gram-positive organisms

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:M1418-100G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 100g

Product composition:gm/L

• Peptone :18.000
• Tryptone :4.000
• HM Peptone B: 6.000
• Chromogenic mixture :12.440
• Agar: 15.000
• Final pH ( at 25C): 7.20.2

Product features:

• Appearance: Cream to yellow homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling :Firm, comparable with 1.5% Agar gel
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium: Light amber coloured, clear to slightly opalescent gel forms in Petri plates
• Reaction :Reaction of 5.54% w/v aqueous solution at 25C.
• pH : 7.20.2
• Cultural Response: Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 35-37C for 24 hours