VWR® dehydrated culture media that has been granulated offers both convenience and safety benefits. The correct dissolution of culture media is critical to achieving the best performance. Granulated culture media saves time in the preparation of ready to use culture media. In addition, granulation reduces dust generation, so handling the product is more pleasant and safer for the user, making it a much cleaner and safer working environment.

Buffered peptone water (granulated) is used as a pre-enrichment medium for increasing the recovery of injured Salmonella species from foods prior to selective enrichment and isolation. The composition and performance criteria of this medium are as per the applications laid down in ISO 6579-2017.

CLED agar (granulated) is recommended for isolation, enumeration and differentiation of urinary pathogens on the basis of lactose fermentation.

Columbia agar (granulated) is recommended for detection of Clostridium sporogenes from pharmaceutical products in accordance with the microbial limit testing by harmonised methodology of USP/EP/BP/JP/IP.

DEV nutrient agar (granulated) is recommended for the enumeration of microorganisms in water, food and other materials. This medium can also be enriched with blood, other biological fluids like ascitic fluid, serum or other supplements to promote growth of fastidious organisms.

LB (Luria Bertani) medium, Miller (granulated) is recommended for cultivation and maintenance of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli and may be used for routine cultivation of not particularly fastidious microorganisms.

Luria medium (granulated) is recommended for routine cultivation and estimation of not particularly fastidious microorganisms and for the cultivation and maintenance of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli.

MacConkey broth (granulated) is used for the selective enrichment of E.coli from pharmaceutical products in accordance with microbial limit testing by USP/EP/BP/JP harmonised methods.

Plate count agar (granulated) is recommended for the determination of plate counts of microorganisms in food, water, wastewater and clinical samples.

Sabouraud dextrose agar (granulated) is recommended for the cultivation of yeasts, moulds and aciduric bacteria from pharmaceutical products in accordance with microbial limit testing by USP/EP/BP/JP harmonised methods.

Soybean casein digest medium (granulated) is a general purpose medium used for the cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms, and for sterility testing of moulds and lower bacteria in accordance with USP/EP/BP/JP/IP harmonised methods.

Tryptic soy broth non animal origin IRRADIATED (granulated) is prepared by completely replacing animal-based peptones with vegetable peptones. It is a γ irradiated sterile product recommended for the evaluation of sterility in manufacturing process.

Violet red bile (VRB) agar (granulated) is recommended for selective isolation, detection and enumeration of coli-aerogenes bacteria in food, water, milk, other dairy products and clinical samples.

Violet red bile glucose agar (granulated) is recommended for detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae from pharmaceutical products in accordance with microbial limit testing by USP/EP/BP/JP/IP harmonised methods.

XLD (Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate) agar (granulated) is recommended for the selective isolation and enumeration of Salmonella Typhi and other Salmonella species.

Yeast extract agar, modified (granulated) is recommended for enumeration of microorganisms from water. The composition and performance criteria of this medium are as per the specifications laid down in ISO 6222:1999.

Yeast glucose chloramphenicol agar (granulated) is a selective agar recommended for enumerating yeasts and moulds in milk and milk products.