MacConkey Agar

MacConkey AgarProduct overview Selective and differential medium For the isolation of gram negative bacteria Incubation: 24 hours at 35 C Colour: violet pink 1 pack of 20 culture media MacConkey Agar MacConkey Agar is a selective and differential medium used for the detection, isolation and enumeration of Salmonella and coliform bacteria. The ready to use culture medium is incubated for 24 hours at 35 C and can then be evaluated. Please note that this item is

• Selective and differential medium
• For the isolation of gram-negative bacteria
• Incubation: 24 hours at 35 °C
• Colour: violet-pink
• 1 pack of 20 culture media

MacConkey Agar

MacConkey Agar is a selective and differential medium used for the detection, isolation and enumeration of Salmonella and coliform bacteria. The ready-to-use culture medium is incubated for 24 hours at 35 °C and can then be evaluated.

Please note that this item is excluded from the right of return.

Product Details

• MacConkey Agar
• Selective and differential medium
• For the isolation of gram-negative bacteria
• For detection, isolation and enumeration of Salmonella and coliform bacteria
• Lactose-positive bacteria show up as red colonies
• Colour: violet-pink
• pH: 7.1 ± 0.2 at 25 ºC
• Incubation: 24 hours at 35 °C
• Storage at 2 - 14 °C
• Sterile product
• Excluded from the right of return
• 20 ready-to-use plates

Please Note: the culture media have a limited shelf life of approx. 2 months.

Composition:

• Peptone from gelatine 17.0g/l
• Peptone from casein and meat 3.0g/l
• Lactose 10.0g/l
• Bile salts 1.5g/l
• Sodium chloride 5.0g/l
• Crystal violet 0.001g/l
• Neutral red 0.03g/l
• Agar 15.0g/l