Thermo Scientific™ GCHI Enrichment with Rehydrating Solution

Description

• Cultivate fastidious microorganisms with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ GCHI Enrichment with Rehydrating Solution when used with GC Agar Base (R453502)
• Early culture methods for Neisseria gonorrhoeae included chocolate agar and the use of commercial peptones and yeast extract
• Various investigators studied nutritional requirements of gonococcus and found that components such as yeast extract, glutamine, cocarboxylase and cystine enhance the development of gonococci
• The GCI Enrichment is used to cultivate pathogenic Neisseria
• It has broad applications for other organisms as well, such as Haemophilus
• Cultivate fastidious microorganisms using GCHI Enrichment (lyophilized) with Rehydrating Solution
• Improve recovery time : GC Agar Base enriched with haemoglobin and yeast concentrate improves development of gonococci
• GCHI Enrichment with Rehydrating Solution contains vitamins, amino acids, coenzymes, dextrose, ferric ions, and other factors that enhances the growth of pathogenic Neisseria
• Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) supplies enrichment necessary for the growth of Haemophilus spp
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.