Thermo Scientific™ Sabouraud Dextrose Agar, Emmons with Chloramphenicol and Cycloheximide

Description

• Isolate and cultivate pathogenic yeast and molds from clinical specimens with Remel™ Sabouraud Dextrose Agar, Emmons with Chloramphenicol and Cycloheximide
• Sabouraud Dextrose Agar, Emmons is a medium with an increased pH of 7.0 and reduced concentration of dextrose from 40 to 20 g/l 2 , compared to the original composition described in 1892 by Sabouraud 1-2
• Sabouraud Dextrose Agar, Emmons with Chloramphenicol and Cycloheximide is a solid media recommended for use in qualitative procedures for primary isolation and cultivation of pathogenic yeast and molds from clinical specimens
• Selective : Cycloheximide inhibits rapidly growing saprophytic fungi
• Chloramphenicol and gentamicin inhibit a range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial growth
• Penicillin prevents gram-negative bacterial growth
• Streptomycin inhibits gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial growth
• Ready-to-use : the convenience of prepared media
• Casein and meat peptones supply nitrogenous compounds and amino acids necessary for the growth of fungi
• Dextrose provides an energy source for fungal growth
• Yeast can be added to the medium as a growth supplement to promote the growth of fastidious fungi
• Pathogenic fungi are isolated while bacterial growth is inhibited using antibiotics (chloramphenicol, cycloheximide, gentamicin, penicillin and/or streptomycin)
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