EMB Agar is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

This is an EMB Agaremployed fordifferential isolation of Gram-negative enteric bacilli from clinical and non-clinical specimens

Product specifications:

• Catalog number: M317-500G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 500g

Product composition:gm/L

• Peptone :10.000
• Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate: 2.000
• Lactose: 5.000
• Saccharose (Sucrose): 5.000
• Eosin - Y: 0.400
• Methylene blue: 0.065
• Agar: 13.500
• Final pH (at 25C): 7.2 0.2

Product features:

• Appearance : Light pink to purple homogeneous free flowing powder
• Gelling:Firm, comparable with 1.35% Agar gel.
• Colour and Clarity of prepared medium :Reddish purple coloured, opalescent gel with greenish cast and finely dispersed precipitate forms in Petri plates
• Reaction: Reaction of 3.6% w/v aqueous solution at 25C. pH : 7.20.2
• pH :7.00-7.40
• Cultural Response: Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 35 - 37C for 18 - 24 hours