Lysine Iron Agar
SIAL/62915 - suitable for microbiology
Product Type: Chemical
application(s) | clinical testing environmental food and beverages |
microbiology | |
composition | |
ammonium ferric citrate, 0.5 g/L | |
bromocresol purple, 0.02 g/L | |
Ingredients: agar, 12.5 g/L | |
meat peptone, 5 g/L | |
sodium thiosulfate, 0.04 g/L | |
yeast extract, 3 g/L | |
final pH | 6.7±0.2 (25 °C) |
Quality Level | 100 |
shelf life | limited shelf life, expiry date on the label |
suitability | nonselective and differential for Citrobacter spp. |
nonselective and differential for Enterococcus spp. | |
nonselective and differential for Escherichia coli | |
nonselective and differential for Klebsiella spp. | |
nonselective and differential for Proteus spp. | |
nonselective and differential for Salmonella spp. | |
nonselective and differential for Shigella spp. | |
nonselective and differential for coliforms | |
nonselective and differential for enterobacteriaceae |
Application: | Test agar for the simultaneous detection of lysine decarboxylase and formation of hydrogen sulfide in the identification of Enterobacteriaceae, in particular Salmonella and Arizona according to Edwards and Fife. |
RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
WGK Germany | 3 |
UNSPSC | 41171606 |