Simmons Citrate Agar Plates
Catalog.No: DCP-SCAP
Features:
Ph: 6.8±0.2
Type of Specimen: Isolated microorganism from clinical and non clinical samples
Size: 100 mm
Storage: Keep away from light at 4°C
Shipping Condition: Blue ice
Appearance: Forest green colored slightly opalescent
Sterile
Shelf life: 8 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:
This media is used for the differentiation between enterobacteriaceae and the members of aerogenes group on the basis of citrate utilization as the sole carbon source. The citrate medium contains ammonium salt as the only nitrogen source and citrate as the only carbon source for differentiating escherichia coli and enterobacter aerogenes by IMViC tests.
Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and sodium citrate serve as the sole nitrogen and carbon source respectively. Microorganisms also use inorganic ammonium salts as their sole nitrogen source. Metabolism of these salts causes the medium to become alkaline, shown by the change of color of a pH indicator from green to blue. Bromothymol blue is the pH indicator. The medium should be prepared fresh, because in dry conditions change in the color can appear before inoculation.
* 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
