High grade Rose Bengal Chlorampenicol Agar is supplied by Micromaster. It is available in the form of a light yellow to pink homogenous free flowing powder which has a pH in the range of 7.0 to 7.4. It is advisable to store this product between 15-25C.

• Quantity provided: 100 g/pack

Rose Bengal Chloramphenicol Agar was originally formulated by Jarvis and further modified by Overcast and Weakley. The use of rose bengal in the media having neutral pH was reported by Smith and Dawson. Mycological peptone or papaic digest of soyabean meal provides essential growth nutrients. Dextrose is the fermentable carbohydrate. Chloramphenicol has inhibitory action on gram-negative bacteria. Rose bengal dye suppresses the development of bacteria and reduces the spreading of moulds, controls the size and height of mould colonies such as Rhizopus species. The medium has neutral pH, which with the antibiotics has noted to be advantageous. Rose bengal is taken up by mould and yeast colonies thereby assist in enumeration. Due to the selective properties of this medium and the type of specimen being cultured, some strains of fungi may grow poorly or fail to grow on the complete medium; similarly, some strains of bacteria may not be inhibited or only partially inhibited. Care should be taken not to expose this medium to light, since photodegradation of rose bengal yields compounds that are toxic to fungi.