MacConkey Agar w/o CV, w/0.5% Sodium Taurocholate is recommended for isolation and differentiation of lactose fermenting and lactose non-fermenting enteric bacteria.recommended for use in microbiological examination of foodstuffs and for direct plating / inoculation of water samples for coliform counts.Lactose fermenting strains such as Escherichia coli grow as red or pink and may be surrounded by a zone of acid precipitated bile. The red colour is due to production of acid from lactose, absorption of neutral red and a subsequent colour change of the dye when the pH of medium falls below 6.8. Lactose non-fermenting strains, such as Shigella and Salmonella are colourless and transparent and typically do not alter appearance of the medium. Yersinia enterocolitica may appear as small, non-lactose fermenting colonies after incubation at room temperature.
MacConkey Agar w/o CV, w/ 0.5% Sodium Taurocholate
SKU
M1785
Product Type
Regular
Physical Form
Powder
Origin
Animal
Packaging type
HDPE
References
1.MacConkey, 1900, The Lancet, ii:20.2.MacConkey, 1905, J. Hyg., 5:333.3.Speck M. (Ed.), 1985, Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods, 2nd ed., APHA, Washington,D.C.4.Greenberg A. E., Clesceri L. S. and Eaton A. D., (Eds.), 1992, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water andWastewater, 18th ed., APHA, Washington, D.C.5.Marshall R. (Ed.), 1992, Standard Methods For the Examination of Dairy Products, 16th ed., APHA, Washington, D.C.6.The United States Pharmacopoeia XXI and the National Formulary, 16th ed., 1985, United States Pharmacopeial Convention,Inc., Washington, D.C.