Application

The media can culture fastidious microorganisms from a variety of sources owing to its rich nutritional content. On the addition of defibrinated blood, it can be used the detect the haemolytic activity of certain microorganisms It can also be used as a base medium for the preparation of more complex media like Lactose egg yolk (LEY) agar

Features and Benefits

Safe and sustainable due to reduced risks associated with fine dust and toxic substance inhalation, resulting in a safer work environment Excellent wettability, solubility, and free flowing properties Convenient, with minimal component separation and clumping, even under warm or humid conditions High batch-to- batch reproducibility Prolonged shelf life of up to five years High number of test strains exceeding all regulatory demands Granulation technology allowing many supplements to be included, with no need to add these separately

Footnote

We offer two media types: the superior granulated GranuCult^® and the cost-efficient powdered NutriSelect^® culture media, depending on your needs. The designations basic, plus, or prime are added to indicate the quality control level, from basic quality control to standard QC plus to prime for full regulatory compliance.

General description

GranuCult^® prime Columbia Agar base is designed for the isolation of fastidious microorganisms from the food chain, water, pharmaceutical and other test samples.The medium with or without supplements exhibits high nutritional value for the growing microbes. Due to the presence of peptones including pancreatic digest of casein, peptic digest of meat and pancreatic digest of heart it supports superior growth. The vitamin sources are derived from yeast and maize extract included in the formulation. Agar supports as the solidifying agent.When supplemented with defibrinated sheep or horse blood, the growing microbes show typical hemolytic reactions.

Legal Information

NutriSelect is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

GRANUCULT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany