Recommended for cultivation of a wide variety of organisms like bacteria, yeasts and moulds.
- Appearance: Light yellow to yellow homogeneous free flowing powder
- Gelling: firm, comparable with 1.5% agar gel
- Colour and clarity of prepared medium: basal medium: light amber coloured, clear to slightly opalescent gel. After addition of 5% v/v sterile defibrinated blood: Cherry red coloured, opaque gel forms in petri plates
- Reaction of 5.3% w/v aqueous solution at 25°C. pH : 7.4±0.2
- Cultural characteristics observed after an incubation at 35-37°C for 18-24 hours (If desired add 5%v/v sterile defibrinated blood)