Casman Agar is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA

This is a Casman Agar which serves as a mediumfor isolation of fastidious microorganisms from clinical specimens under reduced oxygen tension.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:M201-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Proteose peptone: 10.000
• Tryptose :10.000
• HM peptone B: 3.000
• Dextrose (Glucose) :0.500
• Corn starch: 1.000
• Sodium chloride: 5.000
• Nicotinamide: 0.050
• p-Amino benzoic acid (PABA): 0.050
• Agar: 14.000
• Final pH ( at 25C) :7.30.2

Product features:

• Appearance:Cream to yellow homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling :Firm, comparable with 1.4% Agar gel.
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium :Basal medium: Yellow coloured clear to slightly opalescent gel. After addition of 5%w/v sterile defibrinated blood : Cherry red coloured After addition of 5%w/v sterile defibrinated blood: opaque gel forms in Petri plates.
• Reaction: Reaction of 4.36% w/v aqueous solution at 25C.
• Cultural Response: Cultural characteristics observed with added water-lysed blood, after an incubation at 35-37C for 40-48 hours
• pH : 7.30.2