Barritt’s Reagent B
SIAL/39442 - suitable for microbiology
Synonym: Potassium hydroxyde solution; VP2 Reagent; Voges-Proskauer Test with Barritt’s Reagent B
Product Type: Chemical
| agency | according to ISO 11290-1:2017 |
| according to ISO 11290-2:2017 | |
| according to ISO 22964:2017 | |
| application(s) | clinical testing environmental food and beverages pharmaceutical |
| microbiology | |
| composition | distilled water, 100 mL |
| potassium hydroxide, 40 g | |
| product line | BioChemika |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| shelf life | limited shelf life, expiry date on the label |
| suitability | Enterobacter spp. |
| Klebsiella spp. | |
| Lactobacillus spp. | |
| aciduric bacteria | |
| bacteria | |
| technique(s) | microbe id | metabolite detection: suitable |
| Application: | This reagent is used in Voges-Proskauer test for detection of acetoin production by bacterial cultures along with Barritt Reagent A. |
| Disclaimer: | This reagent is used in Voges-Proskauer test for detection of acetoin production by bacterial cultures along with Barritt Reagent A. |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS05,GHS07 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H290 - H302 - H314 |
| Precautionary statements | P234 - P270 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | C |
| Risk Statements | 22-35 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 1814 8 / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| UNSPSC | 41171621 |



