Grow a wide variety of fastidious organisms on Thermo Scientific™ Blood Agar (TSA with Sheep Blood), a general purpose non-selective medium with the addition of sheep blood in the formulation to promote the presence and visualization of haemolytic reactions so it can be used as a diagnostic tool.
Cultivate and isolate fastidious organisms especially Neisseria spp., Haemophilus, and Gardnerella vaginalis using Thermo Scentific™ Chocolate Agar.
Isolate and cultivate anaerobic organisms, including fastidious strains with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Anaerobic Blood Agar ready prepared plates. Anaerobic Blood Agar serves as a nutritious medium supporting good growth and typical pigmentation of fastidious and slow growing anaerobes, as well as...
Inhibit gram-positive microorganisms and facultative anaerobic bacteria and select for gram-negative bacilli with Thermo Scientific™ Anaerobic KV Blood Agar [The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formulation] with kanamycin and vancomycin. Formulated by V.R. Dowell and T.
Isolate and enumerate yeast and molds using Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Malt Extract Agar. The utilization of malt or malt extracts for the propagation of yeast and molds is quite common. Reddish described the use of malt extract as a substitute for beer wort in a culture medium1.
Detect and enumerate coliform organisms, including E. coli, while isolating and detecting Salmonella and Shigella spp. in both pathological and food specimens using Thermo Scientific™ MacConkey Agar.
Selectively isolate Listeria monocytogenes using Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ LPM Agar (Lithium chloride, Phenylethyl alcohol, Moxalactam). LPM Agar is a modification of McBride Agar formulated by Lee and McClain1.
Detect coagulase-positive, mannitol fermenting strains of Staphylococcus aureus from contaminated foods and clinical specimens using Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Vogel-Johnson Agar. In 1955, Zebovitz et al.
Thermo Scientific™ Remel HE Agar with Novobiocin (20μg/mL) facilitates selective isolation of Salmonella spp.
Thermo Scientific™ Remel HE Agar (Hektoen Enteric Agar) facilitates isolation and differentiation of gram-negative enteric microorganisms.
Thermo Scientific™ Remel Columbia Horse Blood Bi-Layer Medium is used for isolation and identification of Listeria monocytogenes.
Selectively isolate Haemophilus species from respiratory specimens with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Haemophilus Isolation Agar w/bacitracin and horse blood. Haemophilus influenzae, a fastidious gram-negative bacillus, is a common cause of serious diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract1.
Cultivate and enumerate coliform bacteria from water by membrane filtration method using Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ m ENDO Agar LES (Dehydrated). The m ENDO Agar LES medium is prepared according to the formulation of McCarthy, Delaney, and Grasso1 and used for the enumeration of coliform organisms in...
Thermo Scientific™ Remel LB Agar with Ampicillin (100μg/mL) (Luria-Bertani) is used for the cultivation and maintenance of Escherichia coli for genetic and molecular studies.
Selectively detect sorbitol-negative Escherichia coli O157:H7 (VTEC) with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ MacConkey Sorbitol Agar with Cefixime and Tellurite. The medium is recommended by Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA/CFSAN) and the American Public Health...