m-Enterococcus Agar for Enumeration of Enterococci, 500 g, Acumedia 7544A

Acumedia® m-Enterococcus Agar for Enumeration of Enterococci, 500 g, 7544A

Features:

• m-Enterococcus Agar is used for selective isolation and enumeration of enterococci by membrane filtration in  laboratory setting and is not intended for use in diagnosis of disease or other conditions in humans
• First described by Slanetz et al. for enumeration of enterococci by membrane filtration technique
• In 1957, Slanetz and Bartley modified this medium by adding triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) resulting in increased recovery and larger colonies being obtained by incubating inoculated membranes on agar surface instead of on pads saturated with liquid medium
• Membrane filtration method is simple to perform, does not require confirmation, and permits direct count of enterococci in 48 hours
• m-Enterococcus Agar is also referred to as m-Azide Agar
• Presence of enterococci is valuable bacterial indicator for determining extend of fecal contamination of recreational surface waters
• m-Enterococcus Agar is recommended for detection of fecal streptococci using
• membrane filtration technique for water testing
• Food industry also has applications for testing enterococci using m-Enterococcus Agar
• Appearance: beige powder
• pH: 7-7.4
• Flammability (solid, gas): not flammable
• Solubility: soluble in water