Thermo Scientific™ Cooked Meat Broth w/Glucose, Hemin and Vitamin K

Description

• Cultivate anaerobic microorganisms using Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Cooked Meat Medium with Glucose, Hemin and Vitamin K
• Robertson introduced the use of beef heart extract in water to support the growth of anaerobic bacilli 1 while Henry used cooked beef heart to study saccharolytic and proteolytic properties of anaerobes 2
• This medium is also referred to as chopped meat medium
• Cooked meat broth promotes growth of bacteria even from minute inocula and maintains viability of the culture for a long time
• Cultivate anaerobic microorganisms using Cooked Meat Medium with Glucose, Hemin and Vitamin K
• Recommended by Food and Drug Administration for enumeration of Clostridium in food products
• 3 Recommended by the American Society of Microbiology for isolation of anaerobes from clinical specimens
• 4 Ready to Use: convenience of prepared media This liquid medium is recommended for use in qualitative procedures for cultivation of anaerobic microorganisms
• It contains optimum salts, beef heart, peptone, and glucose which provide a reducing environment, amino acids and other nutrients necessary for the growth of anaerobes
• Solid meat particles create favorable growth conditions for anaerobes due to reducing action of sulfhydryl group from muscle protein
• Glucose provides energy for growth of microorganisms whereas Vitamin K and Hemin are essential for the growth of certain anerobes, especially Prevotella melaninogenica
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.