Tryptic Soy Agar/W Ampicillin Sodium Salt
Catalog No: DCP-TSAPAS
Features
Type of Specimen: food and dairy samples, water samples
Concentraition: 100 µg/mL
Size:100 mm
Storage: Keep away from light at 4°C
Shipping Condition: Blue ice
Appearance: Light yellow colored clear to slightly opalescent
Sterile
Shelf Life: 2 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
Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) is a general-purpose, nutrient-rich medium widely used for the cultivation and isolation of a broad spectrum of microorganisms, including both fastidious and non-fastidious species. Its balanced formulation, featuring tryptone and soy peptone, supplies essential amino acids, peptides, vitamins, and minerals, while glucose provides a readily available carbohydrate source. Phosphate buffers the medium, and sodium chloride ensures osmotic balance.
The addition of ampicillin sodium salt at 100 µg/mL transforms TSA into a selective medium, effectively inhibiting the growth of ampicillin-sensitive bacteria and allowing for the isolation and propagation of ampicillin-resistant strains. This makes these plates especially valuable in molecular biology for the selection of recombinant bacteria carrying ampicillin-resistance plasmids, as well as in clinical, food, water, and environmental microbiology for monitoring and studying antibiotic resistance.
TSA plates are also frequently used as a base for enriched or selective media and can be further supplemented with blood or other additives to support the growth of more fastidious organisms.
Applications
- Selective isolation of ampicillin-resistant bacteria
- Routine cultivation and enumeration of a wide range of microorganisms
- Environmental, food, water, and clinical sample testing
- Teaching, demonstration, and research in microbiology
- Quality control and antibiotic susceptibility studies
Ampicillin Sodium Salt (100 µg/mL) Tryptic Soy Agar Plates provide a reliable and versatile platform for microbial cultivation and selective isolation, combining the broad utility of TSA with the targeted selectivity of ampicillin. These plates are essential for laboratories working with antibiotic-resistant organisms or requiring robust, general-purpose culture media
* 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
