Thermo Scientific™ Sabouraud Dextrose Agar, Emmons w/Chloramphenicol, Gentamicin

Description

• Isolate and cultivate pathogenic yeast and molds from clinical specimens with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (Emmons) prepared media plates
• Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (Emmons) is a modification of the original medium developed by Sabouraud in 1892 1
• Emmons neutralized the pH, increasing it to 7.0, and reduced the concertation of dextrose from 40 to 20 g/L 2
• The addition of antibiotics in the medium makes the medium inhibitory to bacterial overgrowth while allowing isolation of pathogenic fungi
• Use Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (Emmons) for primary isolation and cultivation of pathogenic yeasts and molds from clinical specimens
• Selective: selective agents chloramphenicol and gentamicin are inhibitory to bacterial overgrowth while allowing isolation of pathogenic fungi
• Suitable for isolation of pathogenic fungi from a material containing a large amount of other fungi or bacteria
• Ready prepared convenience of prepared media
• Casein and meat peptones supply nitrogenous compounds and amino acids necessary for the growth of fungi
• Dextrose is an energy source which serves to support the growth of fungi
• Chloramphenicol and gentamicin are broad-spectrum antibiotics which inhibit a range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria
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