Mueller Hinton Agar is used for the determination of susceptibility of microorganisms to antimicrobial agents.

• Meat infusion and casein provide nitrogen and other essential nutrients
• Starch hydrolysis provides dextrose as an energy source
• Agar is the solidifying agent

Mueller Hinton Agar is used as a test medium for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Mueller Hinton Agar is recommended for the diffusion of antimicrobial agents impregnated on paper disc through an agar gel as described in CLSI Approved Standard.