MacConkey Agar (EP, USP, JP, BP)

Detect, isolate and enumerate coliforms and intestinal pathogens in water, dairy products and biological specimens with ready-to-use Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ MacConkey Agar (EP, USP, JP, BP). This differential medium gives a number of diagnostic indications such as bile tolerance, colony morphology and chromogenesis. MacConkey Agar corresponds to the medium recommended by the World Health Organizaton¹, the Department of Health² for the bacterial examination of water. The medium conforms to the formulations detailed in international pharmacopoeia^3,4,5,6.

Use MacConkey Agar (EP, USP, JP, BP) for the cultivation of pathogens which may be present in a variety of specimens .

• Easy-to-read: easy to differentiate Escherichia coli (red non-mucoid colonies) from Staphyloccoccus spp. (pale pink opaque colonies) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (green-brown) colonies.
• Recommended by World Health Organizaton¹, the Department of Health ²
• Conforms to formulations detailed in International Pharmacopoeia^3,4,5,6,
• Ready-to-use convenience of prepared media.

Due to its ability to support the growth of pathogenic Gram-positive cocci (e.g. staphylococci and enterococci) as well as Enterobacteriaceae, MacConkey Agar is particularly recommended for the cultivation of pathogens which may be present in a variety of specimens.

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