BYE Agar is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This is a BYE Agar which is a simplified medium developed for the cultivation of Mycoplasma , or Pleuropneumonia like organisms and L-forms of bacteria.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:M470-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Proteose peptone :10.000
• Calf brain, infusion from: 200.000
• Beef heart, infusion from :250.000
• Dextrose: 2.000
• Sodium chloride: 5.000
• Disodium phosphate: 2.500
• Yeast extract: 2.000
• Agar: 13.000
• Final pH ( at 25C): 7.90.2

Product features:

• Appearance: Cream to yellow homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling: Firm,comparable with 1.3% Agar gel.
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium: Yellow coloured, clear to slightly opalescent gel forms in Petri plates
• Reaction: Reaction of 5.2% w/v aqueous solution at 25C. pH : 7.90.2
• pH: 7.70-8.10
• Culture response:M470: Cultural characteristics observed with added serum under humidified anaerobic conditions,after an incubation at 35-37C for 5-10 days