Bordet Gengou HiVeg Agar Base w/ 1.6% Agar is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This Bordet GengouHiVeg Agar Base comes with w/ 1.6% Agar and is employedfor the detection and isolation ofBordetella pertussisandBordetella parapertussis. Bordet GengouHiVeg Agar Base w/ 1.6% Agar, prepared by replacing peptic digest of animal tissue with HiVeg peptones is also used for the cough plate method in case of whooping cough.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:MV175A-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Potatoes infusion from: 125.00
• HiVeg peptone: 10.00
• Sodium chloride: 5.50
• Agar: 16.00
• Final pH (at 25C): 6.7 0.2

Product features:

• Appearance: Light yellow coloured, may have slightly greenish tinge, homogeneous, free flowing powder.
• Gelling: Firm, comparable with 1.6% Agar geL.
• Colour and Clarity: Basal medium yields, light yellow coloured clear to slightly opalescent gel, with addition of 15% v/v sterile defibrinated blood, cherry red coloured, opaque gel forms in petri plates.
• Reaction: Reaction of 3.6% w/v of aqueous solution is pH 6.7 0.2 at 25C.
• Cultural Response: Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 35 - 37C for 3-4 days with added glycerol and 15% v/v sterile defibrinated blood.