Thermo Scientific™ Stuart Transport Medium w/o Charcoal

Description

• Perform transport and preservation of microbiological specimens using Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Stuart Transport Medium
• Stuart originally described Stuart Transport Medium 1 and Stuart et al
• successfully used this medium to transport specimens intended for recovery of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to the laboratory 2
• Moffett et al
• applied Stuart formlation to preserve viability of fastidious organisms such as Neisseria spp
• during transport from clinic to laboratory 3
• Cooper used this medium to transport swabs containing upper respiratory tract specimens and fecal specimens 4
• Stuart Transport Medium is a non-nutritional medium that maintains the viability of organisms without significant multiplication
• Transport media are designed to preserve the viability of microorganisms when immediate inoculation of growth media is not possible
• Methylene blue is an oxidation-reduction indicator and the medium in the reduced state appears colorless and in the oxidized state blue in color
• Ready-to-use – Convenience of prepared media Isolates – Recovery of Neisseria gonorrhoeae This medium contains small amount of agar that provides a semisolid consistency which prevents oxidation and drying during transport
• Addition of sodium thioglycollate produces a reduced environment to improve the recovery of anaerobes
• The permeability of bacterial cells is maintained by calcium chloride
• Sodium glycerophosphate maintains the pH of the medium
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.