Thermo Scientific™ Potato Dextrose Agar (pH 3.5)

Description

• Isolate, cultivate and enumerate yeasts and molds with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Potato Dextrose Agar (pH 3.5)
• The medium is commonly used in slide-culture preparations of fungi to stimulate sporulation
• It can also be used to maintain stock cultures of dermatophytes
• Potato Dextrose Agar is recommended by American Public Health Association (APHA) and AOAC International for plate counts of yeasts and molds in the examination of dairy products and foods
• Use Potato Dextrose Agar for detection and enumeration of yeasts and molds in foods
• Recommended by American Public Health Association (APHA) and AOAC International (AOAC) for plate counts of yeasts and molds in the examination of dairy products and foods
• Ready to use convenience of the prepared media
• Infusion from potatoes provides a nutritious base for luxuriant development of most fungi
• Dextrose is incorporated in the medium as a growth stimulant
• Sterile tartaric acid is added to the media to lower pH to 3.5 to inhibit bacterial growth
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.