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European Prepared Media Selection Guide
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Thermo Scientific Microbiology Prepared media selection guide For the isolation, identification, differentiation and susceptibility testing of microorganisms

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Agars 6 Brilliance Chromogenic Media (Clinical) 16 Brilliance Chromogenic Media (Food) 21 Diluents, Water & Peptones 23 General Purpose Media 25

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Culture Media by Organism Type Aeromonas 36 Bacillus cereus 36 Bordetella 37 Burkholderia cepacia 37 Campylobacter 38 Clostridium species 38 Coliforms / Escherichia coli 40 Corynebacteria 41 Dermatophytes 41 Escherichia coli O157 42 Enterobacteriaceae 43 Enterococci 47 Gardnerella 48 Haemophilus & Neisseria 48 Helicobacter pylori 50 Lactobacilli / Bifidobacteria 50 Legionella 51 Listeria 52 Mycoplasma / Ureaplasma 52 Pasteurella 53 Pseudomonas 53 Salmonella 54 Staphylococci / Streptococci 57 Staphylococcus aureus 58 Streptococcus agalactiae 59 Trichomonas 60 Vibrio 60 Yeasts & Moulds 61...

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microbiology Highest levels of quality & consistency Our culture medium expertise and rigorous quality standards have made us a preferred supplier and trusted source of prepared media to laboratories around the world. With a full range of formulations and formats, our media products combine ease-of-use with accurate, reproducible performance. You can rest assured knowing the Thermo Scientific™ culture media that reaches your benchtop will provide optimal recovery and differentiation of organisms, for greater confidence in your results. Unmatched service & support When you choose Thermo...

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Clinical microbiology Combining over 150 years of technical and scientific expertise in serving the microbiology community, Remel™, Oxoid™, VersaTREK™ and Sensititre™ products are part of the industry-leading Thermo Scientific product portfolio, renowned for quality, accuracy, reliability and innovation. With powerful manual and automated technologies, and a comprehensive line of media and diagnostic products, we are there to help facilitate faster treatment decisions, and overall better patient care. Pharmaceutical manufacturing safety When it comes to pharmaceutical manufacturing and...

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Anaerobe Agar Anaerobes are widely distributed in nature and are the predominant components of bacterial flora of normal human skin and mucous membranes. This section contains a selection of anaerobe media for the recovery of fastidious anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobe Blood Agar (Wilkins Chalgren) with Neomycin Schaedler Anaerobe Agar with Sheep Blood with Haemin and Vitamin K1 Schaedler Anaerobe KV Selective Agar with Lysed Horse Blood A selective medium for non-sporing anaerobes. The addition of neomycin inhibits the majority of aerobic and facultative bacteria. A nutritious medium for...

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Anaerobe Agar Anaerobe Blood Agar (Wilkins Chalgren) with Nalidixic Acid and Tween Product Code Tubes Media for the cultivation of aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Anaerobe Blood Agar with Neomycin and Aztreonam Schaedler Broth with Haemin and Vitamin K Product Code 50x9 mL, Tube with screw cap Anaerobe Recovery and Isolation Agar with Horse Blood PB1243A Columbia Blood Agar with Neomycin PB0219A 50x9 mL, Tube with screw cap Anaerobe Recovery and Isolation Agar with Horse Blood and Neomycin PB1244A Fastidious Anaerobe Agar (F.A.A.) with Horse Blood Bottles Media for the cultivation of...

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Agars A broad range of AST media that conform to international standards EUCAST and CLSI as well as national guidelines including BSAC. Mueller Hinton Agar A medium that may be used in internationally recognised standard procedures. Used for testing susceptibility of non-fastidious organisms, and conforms to EUCAST and CLSI. Mueller Hinton Agar with Horse Blood and NAD Mueller Hinton Agar with Sheep Blood An antimicrobial susceptibility testing medium according to EUCAST. The addition of horse blood and NAD enables the growth of non-fastidious...

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Agars Iso-Sensitest Agar A closely defined medium with a stabilised mineral content for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of fastidious organisms that produce optimum non-antimicrobial zones of inhibition. Conforms to BSAC. Iso-Sensitest Agar with Horse Blood and 20mg/L NAD For testing susceptibility of fastidious organisms according to BSAC. The addition of 5% of horse blood has been recommended as a suitable medium when testing susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori. Staphylococcus aureus ATCC® 25923™ Escherichia coli ATCC® 35218™ Streptococcus...

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Agars Columbia Agar Base with 2% Salt (4mm Depth) Iso-Sensitest Agar (4mm Depth) Product Code Product Code Liquid media in tubes for agar dilution methods. Diagnostic Sensitivity Testing (D.S.T.) Agar Iso-Sensitest Agar with Horse Blood Iso-Sensitest Broth Product Code Iso-Sensitest Agar with Lysed Horse Blood 50x10 mL, Tube with screw cap Maximum Recovery Diluent Diagnostic Sensitivity Testing (D.S.T.) Agar with Sheep Blood PB5068A Haemophilus Testing Medium (HTM) PO5138A Iso-Sensitest Agar with Sheep Blood PB5003A Iso-Sensitest Chocolate Agar...

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Thermo Fisher Scientific offers a broad range of media as a bi-plate. The use of bi-plates allows more storage room in incubators, less gas generating kits used in jars and more confidence in interpretation of the results. Brilliance™ MRSA 2 Agar / Columbia Agar with Sheep Blood PLUS Columbia Agar with sheep blood is a medium for the growth of fastidious organisms with clearly visible haemolysis forms. Brilliance MRSA 2 Agar is a selective medium for the screening of clinical samples for the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The combination of two media allows...

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Bi-plates Columbia Agar with Blood / Endo Agar Columbia Agar with Blood / MacConkey Agar No. 3 A divided plate for growth of fastidious organisms with clearly visible haemolysis forms, and a selective medium for the detection and isolation of Enterobacteriaceae. Columbia Agar with 5% sheep blood allows clearly visible haemolysis forms for staphylococci and streptococci, and gives typical growth for Streptococcus pneumoniae (dent morphology). Endo Agar allows easy identification of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. as the colonies possess a golden metallic sheen. For the simultaneous...

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