Urea Agar Base (Dehydrated)

Detect rapid urease activity of the Proteae and non-rapid urease activity of some Enterobacteriaceae with Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ Urea Agar Base (Dehydrated).

Urea Agar Base is recommended for the preparation of Christensen medium¹ for the detection of rapid urease activity of the urease-positive Proteae. The urea medium may be used for the detection of urea hydrolysis by some other Enterobacteriaceae but the incubation period is much longer 24-48 hours.

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