Potato Dextrose Agar Plates/W Gentamicin
Cat.No: DCP-PDAPG
Features:
Uses: Detection of fungi or bacteria in food, dairy, cosmetic, and environmental samples
pH: 5.6 ± 0.2
Size: 100 mm
Concentration: 50 µg/mL
Storage: Keep away from light at 2–8°C
Shipping Condition: Blue ice
Appearance: yellow clear to slightly opalescent
Sterile
Shelf Life: 4 weeks
*All agar plates are manufactured with ultrapure water, deionized and demineralized to minimize ionic and organic contaminants. The premium ISO certified agar solution is sterilized by a full cycle of autoclaving. Each 100mm plate has 20mL of agar medium in premium plastic dish.
Description:
Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) with gentamicin are a selective fungal medium designed to grow yeasts and molds while suppressing bacterial contaminants. PDA contains potato infusion/extract and dextrose solidified with agar allowing carbohydrate-rich, slightly acidic environment that supports luxuriant growth, sporulation and pigment production in a broad range of environmental, food, and cosmetic yeasts and molds.
Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic that binds bacterial ribosomes and inhibits protein synthesis suppressing many gram-negative bacteria and some gram-positive bacteria. Introduction into PDA (typically around 50–100 µg/mL) reduces bacterial colony formation without significantly impairing growth of most yeasts and molds. The combination of PDA and gentamicin creates a selective environment where fungi can grow and spread while most co-inoculated bacteria are inhibited or greatly reduced.
* This product is manufactured under ISO 13485-certified and CE-approved facilities (Suppliers of DiagnoCine Precision). All final packaging, quality assurance, and testing are done at the DiagnoCine R&D and Quality Testing Center. All specific customization requests and assembly were accomplished at DiagnoCine Precision in Totowa, New Jersey, USA
