Thermo Scientific™ Settling Plate Tryptic Soy Agar

Description

• Isolate and cultivate wide variety of organisms such as bacteria, yeast and fungi using Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Settling Plate Tryptic Soy Agar
• This medium is listed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and the Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods 1,2
• This medium is recommended for use in Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International, the International Dairy Federation (IDF), and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 3,4
• Tryptic Soy Agar slants may be used to cultivate, store, and ship bacterial cultures
• Tryptic Soy Agar is a general-purpose, nonselective medium providing enough nutrients to allow for a wide variety of microorganisms to grow
• 5 It is used for a wide range of applications, including culture storage, enumeration of cells (counting), isolation of pure cultures, or simply general culture
• Tryptic Soy Agar is prepared following the standard formula for Soybean-Casein Digest Agar Medium in the United States of Pharmacopeia (USP) 5
• Tryptic Soy Agar many be supplemented with blood to facilitate the growth of more fastidious bacteria or antimicrobial agents to permit the selection of various microbial groups from mixed flora
• Recommended for use in Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International, IDF, USDA 3,4 Ready-to-use – Convenience of prepared medium This medium contains casein and soy peptones that provide nitrogen, amino acids, and peptides necessary for bacterial growth
• Dextrose is a ready source of energy
• Sodium chloride supplies essential electrolytes and maintains osmotic equilibrium
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