HiSitest Agar is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This is a Hi-Sensitivity Test Agarwhich serves as a medium for conducting antimicrobial susceptibility tests

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:M485A-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product features:

• Appearance: Cream to yellow homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling: Firm, comparable with 0.8% Agar gel.
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium: Basal medium : Light amber coloured, clear to slightly opalescent gel. After addition of 5%v/v laked blood : Red to chocolate coloured, opaque gel forms in Petri plates.
• Reaction: Reaction of 3.14% w/v aqueous solution at 25C. pH : 7.40.2
• pH: 7.20-7.60
• Cultural Response M485: Cultural characteristics observed with added 5%w/v laked blood, after an incubation at 35 - 37C for 18 - 24 hours