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BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: MacConkey II Agar
Selective and differential media for the detection of coliform organisms and enteric pathogens

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Form | Solid |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Gelatin 17g/L, Pancreatic digest of Casein 1.5g/L, Peptic digest of Animal Tissue 1.5g/L, Lactose 10g/L, Bile Salts 1.5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Neutral red 0.03g/L, Crystal Violet 0.001g/L, Agar 13.5g/L |
Color | Light Beige |
Shelf Life | 84 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Coliform organisms and enteric pathogens |
Media Type | MacConkey II Agar |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: Trypticase™ Soy Agar (Soybean-Casein Digest Agar)
Used for isolation and cultivation of non-fastidious and fastidious microorganisms

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Dimensions (Dia. x H) | 100 x 15 mm |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 15g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 15g/L |
Color | Light Beige |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Cultivation of Non-fastidious and fastidious microorganisms (not for anaerobes) |
Media Type | Trypticase Soy Agar |
Thermo Scientific™ Blood Agar (TSA with Sheep Blood) Medium

Grow a wide variety of microorganisms on this general purpose non-selective medium that includes sheep blood to promote hemolysis.
Product Type | Agar |
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Media Type | Blood Agar |
Thermo Scientific™ MacConkey Agar Medium

Detect and enumerate coliform organisms, E. coli, while isolating and detecting Salmonella and Shigella spp. in both pathological and food specimens.
Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Product Type | Agar |
Certifications/Compliance | Industrial Reference: BAM, COMPF, SMWW, USP. |
BD BBL™ Mycoflask™ Trypticase™ Soy Agar Slants Prepared Media
Used for the isolation and cultivation of fastidious and nonfastidious microorganisms, including anaerobic and aerobic bacteria

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Form | Liquid |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 15g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 15g/L |
Color | Beige |
Shelf Life | 548 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014, AOAC, BAM, CCAM, COMPF, EP, EPA, ISO, JP, SMD, SMWW, USDA, USP |
Media Type | Trypticase Soy Agar |
BD Difco™ YPD Agar
Used for maintaining and propagating yeasts. BD™ Difco™ YPD Agar is a dehydrated powder for preparing culture media in molecular microbiology procedures.
Content And Storage | <30°C |
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Product Type | Agar |
Form | Dehydrated Powder |
Formulation | Yeast extract 10g/L, Peptone 20g/L, Dextrose 20g/L, Agar 15g/L |
Color | Beige |
Shelf Life | 1825 Days |
For Use With (Application) | For maintaining and propagating Yeasts in molecular microbiology procedures |
Media Type | YPD Agar |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: Trypticase™ Soy Agar (TSA II™) with Sheep Blood
Used for cultivating fastidious microorganisms and for visualization of hemolytic reactions produced by many bacterial species

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 14.5g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 14g/L, Growth Factors 1.5g/L, Defibrinated Sheep Blood 5% or 10% |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Cultivation of fastidious microorganisms and visualization of hemolytic reactions |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: Chocolate II Agar (GC II Agar with Hemoglobin and IsoVitaleX™)
For the isolation and cultivation of fastidious microorganisms, especially Neisseria and Haemophilus species, from a variety of clinical specimens

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Form | Agar |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 7.5g/L, Selected meat Peptone 7.5g/L, Corn Starch 1g/L, Dipotassium Phosphate 4g/L, Monopotassium Phosphate 1g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 12g/L, Hemoglobin 10g/L, IsoVitaleX™ enrichment 10mL |
Color | Dark Brown |
Shelf Life | 112 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Neisseria and Haemophilus species |
Media Type | Chocolate II Agar (GC II Agar with Hemoglobin and IsoVitaleX™) |
Fisher Chemical Granulated Agar, Fisher BioReagents
Used as a solidifying agent to provide the solid medium to support the growth of microbes

Product Type | Agar |
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Form | Granulated Powder |
For Use With (Application) | Used as a solidifying agent to provide the solid medium to support the growth of microbes |
BD BBL™ Mycoflask™ Thioglycollate (Fluid) Prepared Media
Used for the sterility testing of biologics and for the cultivation of anaerobes, aerobes and microaerophiles

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Form | Liquid |
Packaging Type | Tube |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 15g/L, L-Cystine 0.5g/L, Dextrose (anhydrous) 5g/L, Yeast extract 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 2.5g/L, Sodium Thioglycollate 0.5g/L, Resazurin 0.001g/L, Agar 0.75g/L |
Shelf Life | 183 Days |
For Use With (Application) | Sterility testing of biologics and for the cultivation of anaerobes, aerobes and microaerophiles |
Media Type | Thioglycollate (Fluid) |
BD BBL™ Trypticase™ Soy Agar w/5% Sheep Blood/ MacConkey II, I Plate™ Prepared Media
Two media formulations in single plate for cultivating fastidious microorganisms

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Form | Liquid |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Trypticase™ Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (TSA II): Pancreatic digest of Casein 14.5g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 14g/L, Growth Factors 1.5g/L, Defibrinated Sheep Blood 5% ; MacConkey II Agar: Pancreatic Digest of Gelatin 17.0g/L, Sodium Chloride 5.0g/L, Pancreatic Digest of Casein 1.5g/L, Neutral Red 0.03g/L, Peptic Digest of Animal Tissue 1.5g/L,Crystal Violet 0.001g/L, Lactose 10.0g/L, Agar13.5g/L, Bile Salts 1.5g/L |
Shelf Life | 70 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Cultivation of fastidious microorganisms and visualization of hemolytic reactions |
Media Type | Trypticase™ Soy Agar (TSA II), MacConkey II Agar |
BD BBL™ Mycoflask™ Thioglycollate Prepared Media Enriched with Vitamin K1 and Hemin

Ideal for use in the isolation and cultivation of fastidious or slow growing, obligately anaerobic microorganisms present in clinical materials

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 8°C |
Form | Liquid |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 17g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 3g/L, Dextrose 6g/L, Sodium Chloride 2.5g/L, Sodium Thioglycollate 0.5g/L, Agar 0.7g/L, L-Cystine 0.25g/L, Sodium Sulfite 0.1g/L, Hemin 0.005g/L, Vitamin K1 0.001g/L |
Shelf Life | 365 Days |
Media Type | Thioglycollate Medium |
MilliporeSigma™ Nutrient Media

Developed specifically for culturing microorganisms on membrane filters; select media type to match organism type and analytical test needs

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Content And Storage | 2°C to 10°C |
Form | Liquid |
Packaging Type | Ampule |
Quantity | 50 x 2 mL |
Shelf Life | 1 Year |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: CDC Anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar
For the isolation and cultivation of fastidious and slow growing, obligately anaerobic bacteria from a variety of clinical and nonclinical materials

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Form | Liquid |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 15g/L, Papaic digest of Soybean Meal 5g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Agar 20g/L, Yeast extract 5g/L, Hemin 0.005g/L, Vitamin K1 0.01g/L, L-Cystine 0.4g/L, Sheep Blood, defibrinated 5% |
Color | Light Beige |
Shelf Life | 70 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | ISO/DIS, 11014 |
Media Type | CDC anaerobe 5% Sheep Blood Agar |
Weight (Metric) | 950 g |
BD BBL™ Prepared Plated Media: Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (Deep Fill)
Used in qualitative procedures for cultivation of dermatophytes

Manufacturing Origin | United States |
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Form | Solid |
Packaging Type | Plate |
Formulation | Pancreatic digest of Casein 5g/L, Peptic digest of Animal Tissue 5g/L, Dextrose 40g/L, Agar 15g/L |
Color | Light Beige |
Shelf Life | 147 Days |
Certifications/Compliance | USP, ISO/DIS, 11014 |
For Use With (Application) | Qualitative procedures for cultivation of Dermatophytes, Candida albicans |
Media Type | Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (deep fill) |