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Dehydrated Culture Media (DCM)
BD Manual of Microbiological Culture Media
Cat. Nº. SIZE DESCRIPTION
220225 1 BD Difco & BBL Manual, 2nd Edition
The second edition of the combined Difco & BBL Manual continues the
history of excellence in providing microbiologists worldwide with technical and
product information on Difco and BBL brand media. The manual, which replaces
the Difco Manual and the Manual of BBL Products and Laboratory Procedures,
is a comprehensive guide to the BD line of Difco and BBL media including
dehydrated culture media and prepared media formats.
Highlights of the Manual include:
- Detailed information on Media: ingredients, growth requirements, sterilization,
QC organisms
- Product Description: media formulation, relevant information concerning the
history, ingredients and usage of each medium
- Recommendation of Media for specific groups of microorganisms:
antimicrobial effectiveness testing, selection guides for several applications
(food, water, environmental, veterinary)
- An interactive CD with advanced search feature
And in addition, over 400 color photographs that clearly depict colonial
morphology and other
pertinent characteristics such as hemolysis and color reactions.
BD Culture Media & Ingredients
Gelling Agents: Agar and Gelatin
Cat. Nº. SIZE BRAND DESCRIPTION
212304 500g BBL Agar, Grade A
Agar, Grade A is a high-grade agar, specially processed for
microbiological purposes. It is routinely used as a solidifying agent
in microbiological media.
214530 500g Difco Agar, Granulated
214510
214520
2kg
10kg
Used as a solidifying agent for culture media. Carefully monitored
for cultural response, solubility and gelation temperature. High
quality agar for use in clinics and biotechnology, equivalent to BD
BiTek . Suitable for culturing recombinant strains of Escherichia
coli (HB 101) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. May be used for
general bacteriological purposes where clarity is not a strict
requirement.
214220 100g Difco Agar, Noble
214230 500g Noble Agar is extensively washed and bleached. This agar should
be used for immunodiffusion, some electrophoretic applications,
as a substrate for mammalian and plant tissue culture, nutritional
procedures and in preparing microbiological culture media when
increased purity is required.
214050 100g Bacto Agar (purified)
214010 454g Purified Agar in which extraneous matter, pigmented portions and
salts are reduced to a minimum. Used for the determination of
214030 2kg
motility and the growth of anaerobes and microaerophiles.
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214040 10kg