Soyabean Casein Digest Medium (Economy Pack)(without Membrane Filter) is supplied by HiMedia. It is a ready prepared media containing a pale coloured dry filter membrane pad of 50mm diameter. Soyabean Casein Digest Medium is generally used for total bacterial detection and enumeration. It is advisable to store this ready prepared media between 10-30C. Composition (in gm/L) is as follows:

Pancreatic digest of casein (17.00)

Papaic digest of soyabean meal (3.00)

Sodium chloride (5.00)

Dextrose (2.50)

Dibasic potassium phosphate (2.50)

DriFilter Membrane Nutrient Pad Medium is a ready to use sterile culture media. It is available in the form of a 50 mm biological inert absorbent pads soaked with Soyabean Casein Digest Medium, then dried and sterilized in 55 mm petri plate. They obliterate the need of arduous media preparation and autoclaving procedures. The nutrient pads just need to be re-wetted with sterile distilled water prior to use. These nutrient pads allow larger sample volumes to be tested at a time. Interpretation of results can be directly done by counting the CFUs and by quantifying the microbial load present in the sample. Soyabean Casein Digest Medium is endorsed by various pharmacopeias as a sterility testing and as a microbial limit testing medium. It is a highly nutritious medium used for cultivation of a wide variety of organisms. Pancreatic digest of casein and papaic digest of soyabean meal supply amino acids and long chain peptides. Dextrose serves as a carbohydrate source and dibasic acts as the buffer in the medium. Sodium chloride preserves the osmotic balance of the medium.