Prepared microbiology media support accurate microorganism detection, identification, and cultivation. Saving time by eliminating the requirement to complete the groundwork, the media increase the overall working efficiency for any laboratory. Minimizing the possibility of formula variability, the standardized solutions ensure that data errors do not occur. The prepared microbiology media are plated or contained in tubes to guarantee that the correct nutrient mixtures are present for specific cell types.
Steris Spordex Culture Media
Supplier: Steris
This media used with Steris Spordex and Spordi biological indicator strips consists of a modified soybean casein digest broth that contains a pH indicator.
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Difco™ Middlebrook 7H10 Agar, BD
Supplier: BD
Middlebrook 7H10 Agar is used in qualitative procedures for the isolation and cultivation of mycobacteria.
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M9 Minimal Media Agar Plates, without Glucose, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
M9 minimal medium (M9) is commonly used for the cultivation of bacteria. It is comprised of a M9 minimal salts base formulation that can be supplemented with various amino acids and carbon sources.
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Why Choose Corning Fetal Bovine Serum?
Our vertically integrated FBS serum supply chain, from collection to scientist, allows us to provide a consistent supply of FBS.
Nutrient Broth
Supplier: IPM SCIENTIFIC, INC.
Multipurpose media. Supports the growth of a variety of microorganisms.
Premeasured Packs Save Time in the Lab
Simply add the contents of one Dehydrated Media pack to one liter of water, bring to a boil, and sterilize, to make enough media for 40 to 50 plates or 16edited0 tubes.
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BiTek™ Fermentation Broth, Gibco™ (a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Supplier: Thermo Fisher Scientific
BiTek Fermentation Broth is a bacterial fermentation formulated with ingredients that exhibit superior consistency, performance, and solubility.
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2X YT Agar plates with Carbenicillin, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
These sterile pre poured agar plates are enriched with tryptone, yeast extract, sodium chloride, agar, glucose, carbenicillin
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Difco™ MacConkey Agar, BD Diagnostics
Supplier: BD
MacConkey Agar is used for isolating and differentiating lactose-fermenting from lactose-nonfermenting gram-negative enteric bacilli.
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LB Agar Plate with Chloramphenicol, Thermo Scientific
Supplier: Thermo Scientific Chemicals
This Miller’s LB is a highly-referenced microbial growth medium used for the cultivation of E.coli.
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Mycosel™ Agar Slants, BD
Supplier: BD
Mycosel™ Agar is a selective medium for the isolation of pathogenic fungi from materials having a mixed flora of other fungi and bacteria.
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BBL™ Salt Broth, Modified, BD
Supplier: BD
BBL™ Salt Broth (Modified) is a selective medium for the differentiation of Enterococcus species from the Streptococcus bovis group of streptococci.
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Contact Plates , SDA with Lecithin and Polysorbate 80, BD Diagnostics
Supplier: BD
The BD RODAC™ Snap Lid was designed by environmental monitoring professionals to provide additional security during sampling and transport from a controlled environment to the laboratory.
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Puritan® Cary-Blair Transport Medium, Puritan Medical Products
Supplier: Puritan Medical Products
Cary-Blair transport medium for the preservation of fecal specimens containing enteric pathogenic bacteria.
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Nutrient Broth Media, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
Nutrient agar is used for the cultivation of bacteria and microorganisms in water, sewage, feces and other materials. Nutrient agar is most commonly used to grow Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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BBL™ Campy-Ceflex Agar, BD
Supplier: BD
Campy-Cefex Agar is a selective medium used for the primary isolation and cultivation of Campylobacter species, especially C
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LB Agar Plates with 30 µg/mL Kanamycin, X-gal and IPTG, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
Ingredients: 1.0% tryptone, 0.5% yeast extract, 1.0% sodium chloride (NaCl), 1.5% agar (15.0 g/L), 30 µg/mL kanamycin.
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Brain-Heart Infusion Agar Plates, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar is a general-purpose medium suitable for the cultivation of a wide variety of organisms, including bacteria, yeasts and molds.
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LB Minitube Preps, Sterile, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
For plasmid DNA minipreps. LB is packaged in snap-cap culture tubes that can be used to both grow cells and centrifuge them once they are grown.
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BBL™ Moeller Decarboxylase Broth Base with Amino Acids, BD Life Sciences
Supplier: BD
Moeller Decarboxylase Broth Base, when supplemented with arginine, aids in the differentiation of enteric bacilli by means of a dihydrolase reaction.
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Difco™ MI Agar, BD
Supplier: BD
MI Agar is a chromogenic/fluorogenic medium used to detect and enumerate Escherichia coli and total coliforms in drinking water by the membrane filtration technique.
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BBL™ TSI Agar Slants (Triple Sugar Iron Agar), BD
Supplier: BD
Triple Sugar Iron Agar (TSI Agar) is used for the differentiation of gram-negative enteric bacilli based on carbohydrate fermentation and the production of hydrogen sulfide.
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LB Agar Plates with 100 µg/ml Ampicillin, 80 µg/ml X-gal and 50µM IPTG, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
For use with ampicillin resistant strains and strains harboring plasmids such as pBluescript, pGEM, pUC series plasmids. X-gal allows blue/white selection of colonies.
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LB Agar Plates with 50 µg/ml Carbenicillin, X gal and IPTG, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
Carbenicillin is an analog of ampicillin. For use with ampicillin resistant strains and strains harboring plasmids such as pBluescript, pGEM, pUC series plasmids. X-gal allows blue/white selection of colonies.
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RODAC™ Contact Plates with Snap Lid, TSA with Lecithin, Polysorbate 80, and Penicillinase, BD Diagnostics
Supplier: BD
The BD RODAC™ Snap Lid was designed by environmental monitoring professionals to provide additional security during sampling and transport from a controlled environment to the laboratory.
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BEA (Bile Esculin Agar) with Azide/CNA (Colistin and Nalidixic Acid) Agar, Hardy Diagnostics
Supplier: Hardy Diagnostics
Bile esculin agar with azide / columbia agar with 5% sheep blood, colistin and nalidixic acid for the presumptive identifcation of group D streptococci including enterococci and gram positive bacteria.
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Tryptic Soy Agar Plates, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
Tryptic Soy Agar Plates contains 1.5% Tryptone, 0.5% soytone, 0.5% NaCl, and 1.5% agar used for isolating and cultivating a variety of fastidious microorganisms.
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Blood Agar Plates with 5% Sheep's Blood, Penicillin, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
This sterile blood agar plate contains 1.5% Tryptone, 0.5% Soytone, 0.5% Sodium Chloride, 1.5% Agar, 5.0% Sheeps Blood and 1 µg/mL Penicillin.
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SOC Medium, Animal-Free, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
Soy hydrolysate (soytone)-based SOC medium is used for cultivation of E. coli, particularly after transformation. Animal component-free (ACF) LB broth provides greater lot-to-lot consistency. Use for applications where the use of animal products presents a safety hazard and a source of unwanted contamination.
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Difco™ Modified Oxford Antimicrobic Supplement, BD Diagnostics
Supplier: BD
Oxford Medium Base is a selective, solid medium used with Oxford Antimicrobic Supplement or Modified Oxford Antimicrobic Supplement for isolating and differentiating Listeria monocytogenes in foods.
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2X YT Agar Plates with 50 µg/ml Kanamycin, Teknova
Supplier: Teknova
2X YT (Yeast Extract Tryptone) is a nutritionally rich growth medium designed for growth of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli. 2X YT contains twice as much yeast extract and 60% more tryptone than LB.
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BD BBL™ Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA) Plates, BD Diagnostics
Supplier: BD
Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA) plates, pre-filled and lot-to-lot tested.