Blood Agar Base with Low pH 500gm Himedia

Blood Agar Base with Low pH 500gm Himedia, As a base to which blood may be added for use in the isolation and cultivation of fastidious pathogenic microorganisms like Neisseria, Streptococci, etc from clinical samples.

Blood Agar Base with Low pH is used as a basal medium for preparing blood agar by supplementation with blood. It can also be used as general-purpose media without the addition of blood. The low pH of the Blood Agar Base w/ low pH (pH 6.8) stabilizes the red blood corpuscles and favors the formation of a clear zone of hemolysis. Also, it is advantageous for the cultivation of Streptococci and Pneumococci Blood Agar Base media can be used with added phenolphthalein phosphate for the detection of phosphate-producing staphylococci, to determine the salinity range of marine Flavobacteria. It can also be used for preparation of Salmonella Typhi antigens. Click to Know More