Thermo Scientific™ Skim Milk Medium, 2X

Description

• Differentiate microorganisms based on coagulation and proteolysis of casein with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ 2X Skim Milk Medium
• Skim milk is used as a substrate in media to identify psychrotropic bacteria which are commonly associated with milk products 1
• Such bacteria produce proteolytic enzymes that often remain active after treatment with ultra-high temperature sterilization 2
• Skim milk is also included in clinical laboratories to cultivate and identify organisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Cornybacterium diphtheriae , Clostridium butyricum 3
• Also used as additive in microbiological media