SS Agar

Item Code: HCM110
Packaging: 500g
 
Usages:
For isolation of Salmonella and some Shigella bacteria.
 
Principle:
Peptone, beef extract powder provides carbon, nitrogen, vitamins and minerals; lactose into fermentable sugars; ox bile salt, sodium citrate and brilliant green against Gram-positive bacteria and most of coliforms and Proteus, but it does not affect the growth of salmonella; neutral red as pH indicator, agar as a medium coagulant.
 
Formulation?per liter?:
Beef extract powder 5.0g
Peptone 5.0g
Ox bile salt 8.5 g
Agar 16.0g
Lactose 10.0g
Sodium citrate 8.5g
Sodium thiosulfate 8.5g
Ferric citrate 1.0g
Neutral red 0.025g
Brilliant green 0.00033g
Final pH7.2 ± 0.1
 
 
How to use?
1. Suspend 62.5g in 1 L of distilled water, stirring heated to boiling until completely dissolved, then cool to about 50 ? and distribute into Petri dishes.
2. Diluted and treated samples.
 
Storage: Keep container tightly closed, store in a cool, dry place, away from bright light. Storage period of 3 years.