Thermo Scientific™ R2A Agar (Dehydrated)

Description

• Enumerate heterotrophic bacteria from drinking water samples with Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ R2A Agar (Dehydrated)
• This nutritionally reduced medium was specially designed to enhance the recovery of stressed and chlorine damaged bacteria from treated water samples
• Stressed or injured organisms during water treatment are unable to grow on high nutrient media since faster-growing organisms outgrow the former
• Therefore the use of a low nutrient medium like R2A Agar incubated for longer incubation periods allows these stressed organisms to grow well
• Standard methods for the enumeration of heterotrophic bacteria in water have traditionally used nutritionally rich media, such as Plate Count Agar, with incubation at 35°C 1
• Organisms isolated under these conditions may represent only a small percentage of the bacteria present in the sample 2
• R2A Agar aids recovery of stressed and damaged bacteria giving more realistic colony count as compared to traditional media
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.