Thermo Scientific™ Anaerobic PEA Blood Agar (Anaerobic Phenylethyl Alcohol Agar) with 5% Sheep Blood

Description

• Isolate and cultivate anaerobic organisms, including fastidious strains with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Anaerobic Blood Agar ready prepared plates
• Anaerobic Blood Agar serves as a nutritious medium supporting good growth and typical pigmentation of fastidious and slow growing anaerobes, as well as other anaerobes of clinical importance
• Selective agents like kanamycin, vancomycin, neomycin and paramomycin make the medium selective for fastidious, anaerobic bacteria from mixed populations by inhibiting facultative and aerobic gram-negative organisms
• Use Anaerobic Blood Agar for isolation and cultivation of anaerobic organisms including the fastidious strains
• Selective: the addition of phenylethyl alcohol inhibits facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacilli
• Ready-to-use : convenience of prepared media
• Anaerobe Blood Agar contains peptones which supply nitrogenous substances and amino acids necessary for the growth of anaerobic bacteria
• Yeast extract provides B-complex vitamins and serves as a growth enhancer
• Hemin, vitamin K, and sheep blood stimulate the growth of anaerobes
• Sodium chloride is a source of essential electrolytes and maintains osmotic equilibrium
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