Thermo Scientific™ Starch Hydrolysis Agar

Description

• Detect amylolytic activity or hydrolysis of starch by organisms with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Starch Hydrolysis Agar
• Starch Agar was originally formulated by Vedder in the year 1915 for the cultivation of Neisseria 1
• Heart Infusion Agar is used as the base for Starch Hydrolysis Agar with the addition of soluble starch 2
• This medium is used for differentiation of Clostridium perfringens (positive) from other Clostridium spp
• 3,4 Starch Hydrolysis Agar is a solid medium recommended for use in qualitative procedures to detect amylolytic activity or hydrolysis of starch by a wide variety of organisms
• Starch acts as the substrate which the organism may hydrolyze by producing amylase
• Ready-to-use : Convenience of prepared media
• Easy to interpret: A colorless zone around the colonies indicates a positive test
• Blue color around the colonies indicates a negative result
• Starch Hydrolysis Agar contains beef heart infusion and casein peptone that supply nutrients necessary for growth of all except the very fastidious bacteria
• Yeast extract acts as a source of energy and procides additional nutritional requirements
• Sodium chloride supplies essential electrolytes and maintains osmotic equilibrium
• Starch is the fermentable substrate
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.