Thermo Scientific™ MacConkey Agar (Dehydrated)

Description

• Detect, isolate and enumerate coliforms and intestinal pathogens in water, dairy products and biological specimens with Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ MacConkey Agar (Dehydrated)
• This differential medium gives a number of diagnostic indications such as bile tolerance, colony morphology and chromogenesis
• MacConkey Agar corresponds to the medium recommended by the World Health Organizaton 1 , the Department of Health 2 for the bacterial examination of water
• Use MacConkey Agar for the cultivation of pathogens which may be present in a variety of specimens
• Easy-to-read: easy to differentiate Escherichia coli (red non-mucoid colonies) from Staphylococcus spp
• (pale pink opaque colonies) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (green-brown) colonies
• Recommended by World Health Organizaton 1 , the Department of Health 2
• Due to its ability to support the growth of pathogenic Gram-positive cocci (e.g
• staphylococci and enterococci ) as well as Enterobacteriaceae, MacConkey Agar is particularly recommended for the cultivation of pathogens which may be present in a variety of specimens such as urine, feces and wound swabs
• While it is selective it does not suppress a mixed bacterial flora to the same extent as other inhibitory media (including other MacConkey agars)
• MacConkey Agar should be used in parallel with other selective indicator media such as Desoxycholate Citrate Agar, Bismuth Sulphite Agar, Brilliant Green Agar and Brilliant Green Bile (2%) Broth, and a non-selective medium such as Blood Agar
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