EMB Agar, Levine is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This is an Eosin Methylene Blue Agar, Levinewhich contributes in the isolation, enumeration and differentiation of members ofEnterobacteriaceae.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:M022S-100G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 100g

Product composition:gm/L

• Peptic digest of animal tissue: 10.000
• Dipotassium phosphate :2.000
• Lactose: 10.000
• Eosin - Y :0.400
• Methylene blue: 0.065
• Agar :15.000
• Final pH (at 25C): 7.1 0.2

Product features:

• Appearance : Light pink to purple coloured homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling: Firm, comparable with 1.5% Agar gel
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium :Reddish purple coloured slightly opalescent gel with greenish cast and finely dispersed precipitate, forms in Petri plates.
• Reaction: Reaction of 3.75% w/v aqueous solution at 25C. pH : 7.10.1
• Cultural Response M022S: Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 35 - 37C for 24-48 hours