Tryptic Soy Agar/W Gentamicin
Catalog No: DCP-TSAPG
Features
Type of Specimen: food and dairy samples, water samples
Concentration: 10 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: 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:
Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) is a general-purpose, nutrient-rich medium widely used for the isolation and cultivation of a broad spectrum of microorganisms, including both fastidious and non-fastidious species. The combination of tryptone and soy peptone supplies essential amino acids, peptides, vitamins, and minerals, supporting robust microbial growth. Glucose acts as a readily available carbohydrate source, while phosphate ensures pH stability and sodium chloride maintains osmotic balance.
The addition of gentamicin at 10 µg/mL transforms TSA into a selective medium, inhibiting the growth of gentamicin-sensitive bacteria and allowing for the isolation or enumeration of gentamicin-resistant strains. This makes these plates especially valuable in clinical, food, water, and environmental microbiology for detecting and studying antibiotic resistance, as well as for quality control in pharmaceutical and industrial settings.
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 gentamicin-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
Gentamicin (10 µg/mL) Tryptic Soy Agar Plates provide a reliable, versatile platform for microbial cultivation and selective isolation, combining the broad utility of TSA with the targeted selectivity of gentamicin. These plates are essential for laboratories monitoring antibiotic resistance 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
