Thermo Scientific™ MacConkey Agar with Sorbitol

Description

• Selectively detect sorbitol negative Escherichia coli from clinical specimens with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ MacConkey Agar with Sorbitol prepared media plates
• The medium is recommended for the isolation of verotoxin-producing E.coli O157: H7
• Unlike most serotypes of E.coli , verotoxin-producing E.coli O157: H7 does not ferment sorbitol and, therefore, produces colorless colonies
• In contrast, most E.coli strains ferment sorbitol and form pink colonies
• Escherichia coli O157 is a significant human pathogen and is recognized as a cause of hemorrhagic colitis, an illness characterized by bloody diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, and hemolytic uremic syndrome
• Use Sorbitol MacConkey Agar for selective detection of Escherichia coli O157
• Sensitive and specific for E
• coli O157 based on sorbitol fermentation
• Recommended as a simple, inexpensive, rapid and reliable means of screening for E
• coli O157
• Ready-to-use convenience of prepared media
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.