ISP HiVeg Medium No. 2 also cited as Yeast Malt HiVeg Agar, is supplied by the company, HIMEDIA.

ISP HiVeg Medium No. 2 serves as a medium for the isolation and cultivation of yeasts, moulds and other aciduric microorganisms. ISP HiVeg Medium No. 2 is prepared by replacing peptic digest of animal tissue with HiVeg peptone which is free of BSE/TSE risks

Product specifications:

• Catalog number:MV424-100G
• Brand: HIMEDIA
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 100g

Product composition:gm/L

• HiVeg peptone: 5.00
• Yeast extract: 3.00
• Malt extract :3.00
• Dextrose: 10.00
• Agar: 20.00
• Final pH ( at 25C): 6.20.2

Product features:

• Appearance: Light yellow coloured, may have slightly greenish tinge, homogeneous, free flowing powder.
• Gelling: Firm, comparable with 2.0% Agar gel.
• Colour and Clarity: Light amber coloured, very slightly opalescent gel forms in petri plates, very slightly opalescent solution in tubes.
• Reaction: Reaction of 4.1% w/v of aqueous solution is pH 6.2 0.2 at 25C.
• Cultural Response: Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 25-30C for 40 -72 hours