ANTIBIOTIC MEDIUM NO. 8 is supplied by TM MEDIA. It is used for microbiological assay of Mitomycin, Plicamycin and Vancomycin.Peptone, yeast and beef extract provide essential nutritional requirement for the test organims. This medium provides solidified substratum for growth of organisms. This medium provides the optimal pH 5.9 for assay of tetracycline as these antibiotics are stable at slightly lower pH. This pH condition also supports the growth of test organisms. This medium is also used as base and seed agar medium for agar diffusion assay for mitomycin, plicamycin and Vancomycin.

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 -Light amber coloured slightly opalescent gel forms in Petri plates.
• pH -5.80-6.00
• Storage temperature - Below 30 deg C

Product specifications:-

• Product Name -ANTIBIOTIC ASSAY MEDIUM NO. 8
• Brand Name - TM MEDIA
• Quantity - 500gm
• Catalogue Number - TMV019