Thermo Scientific™ m HPC Agar

Description

• Cultivate and enumerate heterotrophic microorganisms from water by membrane filtration method Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ m-HPC Agar (Heterotrophic Plate Count Agar)
• Taylor and Geldreich developed m-HPC Agar for monitoring levels of heterotrophic bacteria which can grow on minimal organic nutrients 1
• m-HPC Agar is recommended by the American Public Health Association (APHA) in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater 2
• Heterotrophs are microorganisms that use an external source of organic carbon for growth
• Heterotrophic bacteria counts are used to indicate problems with treatment methods within distribution systems
• Heterotrophic Plate Count Method is widely used to enumerate heterotrophic microorganism in drinking water and other media
• Use m-HCP Agar for cultivation and enumeration of heterotrophic microorganisms from water by membrane filtration method
• Recommended by the American Public Health Association (APHA) in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater 2
• Ready-to-use – Convenience of prepared media
• This medium contains peptone that supplies minerals, amino acids, and nitrogenous compounds necessary for the growth of heterotrophic microorganisms
• Gelatin in the medium is used by microorganisms in proteolytic metabolism
• Glycerol acts as a source of energy and agar is the solidifying agent.