Thermo Scientific™ PRAS Cooked Meat Glucose

Description

• Cultivate anaerobic bacteria using Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ PRAS Cooked Meat Glucose
• This medium is an enrichment broth that is recommended by Virginia Polytechnique Institute (VPI) Anaerobe Labortory Manual 1
• It supports the growth of spore-forming and non-spore-forming obligate anaerobes and has the capacity to initiate growth of bacteria from minute inocula 2
• Claros et al
• found cooked meat medium superior to thioglycollate broth for stock cultures because it maintains the viability of anaerobic bacteria over extended periods of time 3
• This medium is also referred to as chopped meat medium
• Cultivate anaerobic bacteria using PRAS Cooked Meat Glucose
• R.E
• Hungate pioneered the development of Pre-reduced Anaerobically Sterilized (PRAS) media, which are processed in a reduced condition and remain reduced up to and after inoculation 4
• Ready-to-use – Convenience of a prepared medium
• Recommended by Virginia Polytechnique institute (VPI) Anaerobe Labortory Manual 1
• This medium contains minimal salts, beef heart, peptone, and dextrose which provide amino acids and other nutrients necessary for the growth of anaerobes
• Solid meat particles create favorable growth conditions for anaerobes due to the reducing action of sulfhydryl groups from muscle protein 5
• Cystine provides sulfahydryl groups which bind hydrogen and produce anaerobic conditions
• Vitamin K and hemin are essential for the growth of certain anerobes
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.