Deoxycholate Citrate Agar w/1.5% Agar is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA

This is a Deoxycholate Citrate Agar which comes with w/1.5% Agar. This Deoxycholate Citrate Agar is employed as a selective medium recommended for the isolation of enteric pathogens.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:M1639-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Beef extract: 5.000
• Peptic digest of anmal tissue :5.000
• Lactose: 10.000
• Sodium deoxycholate: 2.500
• Sodium citrate :5.000
• Sodium thiosulphate: 5.000
• Ferric citrate: 1.000
• Neutral red :0.025
• Agar :15.000
• Final pH (at 25C ) :7.0 0.2

Product features:

• Appearance: Light yellow to pink homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling :Firm, comparable with 1.5% Agar gel
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium: Reddish orange coloured, clear to slightly opalescent gel forms in Petri plates
• Reaction :Reaction of 4.85% w/v aqueous solution at 25C. pH : 7.00.2
• pH :6.80-7.20
• Cultural Response M1639: Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 35-37C for 18-24 hours