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Sheep Blood Agar Base (Dehydrated)

Catalog number: CM0854B
Thermo Scientific™

Sheep Blood Agar Base (Dehydrated)

Catalog number: CM0854B

Cultivate and isolate fastidious microorganisms from clinical samples through improved hemolytic reactions with sheep blood with Thermo Fisher™ Oxoid™ Sheep Blood Agar Base (Dehydrated) when used with sheep blood. Sheep Blood Agar Base was developed to meet the demand for an especially nutritious blood agar base which would permit the maximum recovery of organisms without interfering with their hemolytic reactions when used with sheep blood.

 
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CM0854B
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DescriptionSheep Blood Agar Base
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DescriptionSheep Blood Agar Base
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Product TypeAgar
Quantity500 g
YieldFor 12.5L medium
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Sheep Blood Agar Base is based on the formulation of Blood Agar Base No.2 CM0271. Blood Agar Base No.2, when supplemented with sheep blood, was occasionally found to result in a mixed hemolytic reaction (alpha and beta hemolysis) for some Group A streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes). These mixed hemolytic reactions were due to trace amounts of fermentable carbohydrates in yeast extract and physiological differences of sheep blood when compared to horse blood.1

Having identified the causes of the mixed hemolytic reactions, the Sheep Blood Agar Base is formulated to be compatible with sheep blood. Comparisons with other blood agar bases supplemented with sheep blood have shown that with Sheep Blood Agar Base the growth of many bacteria ― especially the fastidious streptococci ― is considerably improved, and the expected beta hemolytic reaction is achieved with Streptococcus pyogenes.

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For In Vitro Diagnostic Use.  

1. Spector W S (1961) Handbook of Biological Data, P51 and 53. In WS Spector (Ed.) Handbook of Biological Data. W B Saunder Company, Philadelphia and London.

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