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Description

Mannitol Salt Agar

  • Selective agar medium used for the identification and isolation of pathogenic staphylococci
  • pH: 7.4
  • Working Concentration: 111 g/L
  • Prepared Appearance: pinkish red agar
  • Soluble in boiling water

Composition (g/L):

  • Pancreatic Digest of Casei: 5g
  • Peptic Digest of Animal Tissue: 5g
  • Beef Extract: 1g
  • D-Mannitol: 10g
  • Sodium Chloride: 75g
  • Phenol Red: 0.025g
  • Agar: 15g
  • Properties

    Shelf life

    3 years

    Storage Temperature

    RT

    Media Concentration (in g/L)

    111

    Appearance color

    Light pink

    Appearance form

    Powder

    pH value

    7.4