Standard Nutrient HiVeg™ Agar is a general utility medium for cultivation and enumeration of not particularly fastidious microorganisms.This medium is formulated as per the recommendation of APHA as a general purpose medium for the cultivation of non-fastidious organisms from water and wastewater, dairy and food products. This medium is prepared by replacing animal peptones with vegetable defined peptones to avoid BSE/TSE/GMO risk.
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