Appearance (Colour)
Light cream
Appearance (Form)
Free, flowing homogeneous powder
Solubility
39.00 gm/lit
Solubility before autoclaving (Clarity)
Very slightly opalescent
Gel strength
Firm, comparable with 1.5% agar gel
pH (25°C)
5.6 ± 0.2
Prepared Medium Appearance after autoclaving (Colour)
Light amber
Prepared Medium Appearance after autoclaving (Clarity)
Very slightly opalescent
Cultural Response
Inoculate and incubate at 30 ± 2 °C for 18-48 hours or upto 7 days with the following
Organism
Candida albicans ATCC 10231
Inoculum (cfu) 10-100
Growth : Good
Organism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 9763
Inoculum (cfu) 10-100
Growth : Good
Organism
Aspergillus niger ATCC 16404
Inoculum (cfu) 10-100
Growth : Good
Applications
For the isolation, cultivation and enumeration of yeasts and molds from dairy and food products.Used to induce sporulation in many fungi.
Composition
Ingredients
gm/lt.
Potatoes infusion from
200.00
Dextrose
20.00
Agar
15.00
Directions
1. Add 39.00 gm powder to distilled/purified water.
2. Bring volume to 1.0 liter and mix thoroughly.
3. Gently heat and bring to boiling.
4. Autoclave at 15 psi pressure at 121°C for 15 minutes.
