Antibiotic Assay Medium No. 38 is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This is an Antibiotic Assay Medium No. 38ideally used for microbiological assay of Ticarcillin usingPseudomonas aeruginosa.Antibiotic Assay Medium No. 38 is prepared by incorporating vegetable peptones in place of animal peptones and is specified as per United States Pharmacopoeia.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:MU799-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Peptone: 15.000
• Soya peptone #: 5.000
• Dextrose: 5.500
• Sodium chloride: 4.000
• L-Cystine: 0.700
• Sodium sulphite: 0.200
• Agar: 15.000
• pH after sterilization: 7.00.1

Product features:

• Appearance:Cream to yellow coloured homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling :Firm, comparable with 1.5% Agar gel
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium: Yellow coloured clear to slightly opalescent gel forms in Petri plates.
• Reaction:Reaction of 4.54% w/v aqueous solution. pH : 7.00.1
• pH: 6.90-7.10
• Cultural Response:Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 35-37C for 18-24 hours