Hugh Leifson HiVeg Medium is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

Hugh Leifson HiVeg Medium is prepared by replacing Peptic digest of animal tissue with HiVeg peptone.This Hugh Leifson HiVeg Mediumserves as a medium to distinguish between anaerobic and aerobic breakdown of carbohydrate (glucose)

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:MV826-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• HiVeg peptone :2.00
• Sodium chloride :5.00
• Dipotassium phosphate: 0.30
• Glucose: 10.00
• Bromo thymol blue: 0.05
• Agar :2.00
• Final pH ( at 25C): 6.80.2

Product features:

• Appearance: Greenish yellow coloured, homogeneous, free flowing powder.
• Gelling: Semisolid comparable with 0.2% Agar gel.
• Colour and Clarity: Greenish blue coloured, clear to slightly opalescent gel forms in tubes as butts.
• Reaction :Reaction of 1.94 % w/v aqueous solution is pH 6.8 0.2 at 25C.
• Cultural Response :Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 35-37C for 18-48 hours