Thermo Scientific™ Blood Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar with Sheep Blood, Chloramphenicol

Description

• Cultivate a wide variety of microorganisms including bacteria, yeasts, and molds with the nutritious base medium Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Blood Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar with Sheep Blood, Chloramphenicol 1
• Isolate fastidious fungi and grow Actinomyces 2 using BHI Agar with 5-10% sheep blood
• Pathogenic fungi and Nocardia asteroides can be isolated using optimal concentrations of chloramphenicol 3
• Use BHI Agar with Sheep Blood, Chloramphenicol 1 for the cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms, including pathogenic fungi
• Highly Nutritious : medium recommended for the enrichment of fastidious organisms
• Ready-to-use : the convenience of prepared media
• Selective : antibiotics allows the selective growth of organisms (Chloramphenicol is a broad spectrum antibiotic which inhibits broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms)
• Conforms to CLSI standards 4
• BHI Agar w/Sheep Blood contains brain heart infusion, peptone, and dextrose, which provide nitrogen, carbon, sulfur, vitamins and a carbohydrate source
• Sheep blood provides essential growth factors for fastidious fungi
• Yeast extracts are incorporated in the medium to serve as a growth stimulant
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.