Thermo Scientific™ Blood Agar Base (Dehydrated)

Description

• Grow a wide variety of pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria with general purpose Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ Blood Agar Base (Dehydrated)
• Without any additions, the medium can be used for short-term maintenance of stock cultures
• With added serum and other enrichments, the medium is suitable for cultivation of many fastidious organisms
• With the addition of blood, the medium becomes suitable for the determination of hemolytic reactions which are important diagnostic criteria for many organisms
• Blood Agar Base is a highly nutritious medium generally used as a basal medium for preparing blood agar by the addition of blood
• It can also be used as general purpose medium without the addition of blood
• Blood Agar Base was used during investigations on irradiated Escherichia coli and other bacteria 1,2
• It was the most suitable medium for investigating the phages of Clostridium perfringens 3 and as the basis of a selective medium for Clostridium perfringens 4
• It was used with added phenolphthalein phosphate for the detection of phosphatase-producing staphylococci 5 and with added salt and agar for the assessment of surface contamination on equipment and pig carcasses 6
• It has been used for determining the salinity range of growth of marine flavobacteria 7
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.