ANTIBIOTIC ASSAY MEDIUM NO. 36 (SOYA BEAN CASEIN DIGEST AGAR) (TRYPTONE SOYA AGAR) is supplied by TM MEDIA. It is used for the enrichment and isolation of fastidious microorganisms with or without blood. This medium is prepared by completely replacing animal-based peptones with vegetable peptones that are free of BSE/TSE risks. Soybean Veg Agar is the modification of Soyabean Casein Digest Agar with the replacement of Casein enzymic hydrolysate by Veg hydrolysate. Soybean Veg Agar can be used as a general-purpose medium used for multiple applications e.g. as a blood culture medium, as a maintenance medium for culture collections (including maintenance of stock cultures), for testing bacterial contaminants, and for isolating fastidious organisms on enrichment with blood.

Product features:-

• Appearance of Powder - Light yellow coloured may have a slightly greenish tinge, homogeneous, free-flowing powder.
• Appearance of prepared medium - Basal Medium: Light yellow coloured clear to slightly opalescent gel.

After the addition of 5-7%w/v sterile defibrinated blood - Cherry red coloured opaque gel forms in Petri plates.

• pH (at 25 deg C) - 7.3 0.2
• Storage temperature - 25-30 deg C

Product specifications:-

• Product Name -ANTIBIOTIC ASSAY MEDIUM NO. 36 (SOYA BEAN CASEIN DIGEST AGAR) (TRYPTONE SOYA AGAR)
• Brand Name - TM MEDIA
• Quantity - 100gm
• Catalogue Number - TMV345