Cetrimide Agar Base

Enables the selective isolation and identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in diverse products.

READING
Inoculate by spreading the sample on the surface of the plates. After Incubation at 42°C/48 h, Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonies fluoresce under UV light.
See ?UV light? in the Equipment Section.

Peptone from gelatin 20.0
Magnesium chloride 1.4
Potassium sulfate 10,0
N-cetyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium bromide (cetrimide) 0.3
Agar-agar 13.0
Final pH: 7.2 ± 0.2

Enables the selective isolation and identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in diverse products.
PREPARATION
Suspend 44.5 g/litre, add 10 ml of glycerol p.a.
Autoclave at 121°C/15 min.
Pour plates.

145.005284.54 Merck 5284 500 g