Microbiological Media and Media Additives

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BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: Trypticase™ Soy Agar (TSA II™) with Sheep Blood
Used for cultivating fastidious microorganisms and for visualization of hemolytic reactions produced by many bacterial species

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 14.5g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 14g/L, Growth Factors 1.5g/L, Defibrinated Sheep Blood 5% or 10% |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Cultivation of fastidious microorganisms and visualization of hemolytic reactions |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: MacConkey II Agar
Selective and differential media for the detection of coliform organisms and enteric pathogens

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Form | Solid |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Gelatin 17g/L, Pancreatic digest of Casein 1.5g/L, Peptic digest of Animal Tissue 1.5g/L, Lactose 10g/L, Bile Salts 1.5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Neutral red 0.03g/L, Crystal Violet 0.001g/L, Agar 13.5g/L |
Color | Light Beige |
Shelf Life | 84 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Coliform organisms and enteric pathogens |
Media Type | MacConkey II Agar |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: Chocolate II Agar (GC II Agar with Hemoglobin and IsoVitaleX™)
For the isolation and cultivation of fastidious microorganisms, especially Neisseria and Haemophilus species, from a variety of clinical specimens

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Form | Agar |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 7.5g/L, Selected meat Peptone 7.5g/L, Corn Starch 1g/L, Dipotassium Phosphate 4g/L, Monopotassium Phosphate 1g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 12g/L, Hemoglobin 10g/L, IsoVitaleX™ enrichment 10mL |
Color | Dark Brown |
Shelf Life | 112 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Neisseria and Haemophilus species |
Media Type | Chocolate II Agar (GC II Agar with Hemoglobin and IsoVitaleX™) |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: Columbia CNA Agar with 5% Sheep Blood
Selective and differential media used for the isolation and differentiation of gram-positive microorganisms from clinical and nonclinical materials

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Form | Liquid |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 12g/L, Peptic digest of Animal Tissue 5g/L, Yeast extract 3.5g/L, Beef extract 3g/L, Corn Starch 1g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 13.5g/L, Colistin 10mg/L, Nalidixic Acid 10mg/L, Sheep Blood, defibrinated 5% |
Color | Red |
Shelf Life | 84 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Gram positive microorganisms |
Media Type | Columbia Colistin-Naladixic Acid Agar with 5% Sheep Blood |
Granulated Agar, Fisher BioReagents
Used as a solidifying agent to provide the solid medium to support the growth of microbes

Product Type | Agar |
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Form | Granulated Powder |
For Use With (Application) | Used as a solidifying agent to provide the solid medium to support the growth of microbes |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: Trypticase™ Soy Agar (Soybean-Casein Digest Agar)
Used for isolation and cultivation of non-fastidious and fastidious microorganisms

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Dimensions (Dia. x H) | 100 x 15 mm |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 15g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 15g/L |
Color | Light Beige |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Cultivation of Non-fastidious and fastidious microorganisms (not for anaerobes) |
Media Type | Trypticase Soy Agar |
BD BBL™ Trypticase™ Soy Agar w/5% Sheep Blood/ MacConkey II, I Plate™ Prepared Media
Two media formulations in single plate for cultivating fastidious microorganisms

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Form | Liquid |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Trypticase™ Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (TSA II): Pancreatic digest of Casein 14.5g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 14g/L, Growth Factors 1.5g/L, Defibrinated Sheep Blood 5% ; MacConkey II Agar: Pancreatic Digest of Gelatin 17.0g/L, Sodium Chloride 5.0g/L, Pancreatic Digest of Casein 1.5g/L, Neutral Red 0.03g/L, Peptic Digest of Animal Tissue 1.5g/L,Crystal Violet 0.001g/L, Lactose 10.0g/L, Agar13.5g/L, Bile Salts 1.5g/L |
Shelf Life | 70 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Cultivation of fastidious microorganisms and visualization of hemolytic reactions |
Media Type | Trypticase™ Soy Agar (TSA II), MacConkey II Agar |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: Mueller Hinton II Agar
For antimicrobial disc diffusion susceptibility testing of common, rapidly growing bacteria by the Bauer-Kirby method

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Form | Solid |
Formulation | Beef extract 2g/L, Acid Hydrolysate of Casein 17.5g/L, Starch 1.5g/L, Agar 17g/L |
Color | Beige |
Shelf Life | 98 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Antimicrobial disc diffusion susceptibility testing of common rapidly growing bacteria by the Bauer-Kirby method |
Media Type | Mueller Hinton II Agar |
BD BBL™ Mycoflask™ Thioglycollate (Fluid) Prepared Media
Used for the sterility testing of biologics and for the cultivation of anaerobes, aerobes and microaerophiles

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Form | Liquid |
Packaging Type | Tube |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 15g/L, L-Cystine 0.5g/L, Dextrose (anhydrous) 5g/L, Yeast extract 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 2.5g/L, Sodium Thioglycollate 0.5g/L, Resazurin 0.001g/L, Agar 0.75g/L |
Shelf Life | 183 Days |
For Use With (Application) | Sterility testing of biologics and for the cultivation of anaerobes, aerobes and microaerophiles |
Media Type | Thioglycollate (Fluid) |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: CHROMagar™ Candida
For solation and presumptive identification of yeast and filamentous fungi and differentiation of Candida albicans, C. tropicalis and C. krusei

MilliporeSigma™ Nutrient Media

Developed specifically for culturing microorganisms on membrane filters; select media type to match organism type and analytical test needs

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 10°C |
Form | Liquid |
Packaging Type | Ampule |
Quantity | 50 x 2 mL |
Shelf Life | 1 Year |
BD BBL™ Trypticase™ Soy Broth (Soybean-Casein Digest Medium)
Conforms with USP and EP specifications. BD™ BBL™ Trypticase™ Soy Broth (Soybean-Casein Digest Medium) is a dehydrated, general purpose media for isolation, detection and cultivation of wide variety of microorganisms.

Content And Storage | 2 to 25°C |
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Product Type | Microbiology Media |
Form | Dehydrated (free-flowing, homogenous) |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 17g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean 3g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Dipotassium Phosphate 2.5g/L, Dextrose 2.5g/L |
Color | Light tan to yellow (prepared) |
Shelf Life | 1460 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | AOAC, BAM, BS12, CCAM, CLSI, CMPH2, COMPF, EP, EPA, ISO, JP, MCM9, SMD, USDA, USP |
For Use With (Application) | Cultivation of fastidious and non-fastidious microorganisms from a variety of clinical and nonclinical specimens |
Media Type | Trypticase Soy Broth |
BD BBL™ Mycoflask™ Thioglycollate Prepared Media Enriched with Vitamin K1 and Hemin

Ideal for use in the isolation and cultivation of fastidious or slow growing, obligately anaerobic microorganisms present in clinical materials

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Form | Liquid |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 17g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 3g/L, Dextrose 6g/L, Sodium Chloride 2.5g/L, Sodium Thioglycollate 0.5g/L, Agar 0.7g/L, L-Cystine 0.25g/L, Sodium Sulfite 0.1g/L, Hemin 0.005g/L, Vitamin K1 0.001g/L |
Shelf Life | 365 Days |
Media Type | Thioglycollate Medium |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar
For the isolation and cultivation of fastidious and slow growing, obligately anaerobic bacteria from a variety of clinical and nonclinical materials

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Form | Liquid |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 15g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 20g/L, Yeast extract 5g/L, Hemin 0.005g/L, Vitamin K1 0.01g/L, L-Cystine 0.4g/L, Sheep Blood, defibrinated 5% |
Color | Light Beige |
Shelf Life | 70 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
Media Type | CDC anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar |
Weight (Metric) | 950 g |