Product Description
HIMEDIA LABORATORIES M298-500G - MACCONKEY SORBITOL AGAR BASE - MACCONKEY SORBITOL AGAR IS BASED ON THE FORMULATION DESCRIBED BY RAPPAPORT AND HENIGH (1). THIS MEDIUM IS RECOMMENDED FOR ISOLATION OF ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI O157: H7, WHICH FERMENTS LACTOSE BUT DOES NOT FERMENT SORBITOL, HENCE PRODUCES COLOURLESS COLONIES. THIS ORGANISM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A CAUSE OF HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS (2). E.COLI O157: H7 IS A HUMAN PATHOGEN ASSOCIATED WITH HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS THAT RESULTS FROM THE ACTION OF A SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN (SLT) (5, 6). MACCONKEY SORBITOL AGAR HOWEVER SHOULD NOT BE SOLELY USED TO DETECT PATHOGENIC E.COLI O157: H7 STRAINS AS SOME NONTOXIC S - EQUAL TO C992C82-EA
MANUFACTURER:
HIMEDIA LABORATORIES
MANUFACTURER PART NUMBER:
M298-500G
UNIT OF MEASURE:
EA
QTY PER UNIT OF MEASURE:
1
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
INDIA
ORDER INCREMENT:
1
WEIGHT:
0
CONTRACTOR PART NUMBER:
2800231555
