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BD BBL™ CHROMagar™ Candida medium is a selective and differential medium for presumptively identifying members of the genus Candida from a primary isolation plate. Due to the differences in morphology and colors of the yeast colonies, this medium is particularly useful in the detection of mixed yeast cultures in specimens. Colonies of C. albicans appear light to medium green, C. tropicalis colonies appear light blue to metall…

The BD Difco™ and BD BBL™ brands have been providing high quality dehydrated culture media (DCM) for use in quality control testing in a variety of applications within the pharmaceutical/biotech, food, dairy, beverage and personal care industries, as well as in academic institutions. BD offers more than 400 DCM formulations and packaging sizes to meet a variety of testing and manufacturing requirements.

BD BBL™ prepared tubed media offer a variety of media types and fill volumes to fit your needs. Tubes are borosilicate glass with black screw caps securely fitted to prevent loss of moisture. A special resilient rubber liner is affixed inside each cap with a unique adhesive that resists displacement even during autoclaving. Larger tubes permit easy inoculation or streaking of media. Prepared slanted media are supplied in tube…

A selective and differential medium for the isolation and presumptive identification of Salmonella species from stool with a highly specific chromogenic reaction.

For detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)

BBL CHROMagar ESBL biplate is a chromogenic selective screening medium for the detection of Enterobacteriaceae-producing, extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs):

Technical Advantage:  Effective against Gram-positive and -negative Bacteria, and mycoplasma Gentamicin works as an antimicrobial agent by binding to the 30S ribosomal subunit of certain bacteria.  It is formulated to contain 50 mg/ml gentamicin in deionized water and is recommended for use in cell culture applications at 1 ml/L.  This product is effective against mycoplasma, Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and is st…

IPTG (Isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactoside) is an inducer of the lac operon and is frequently used in conjunction with X-GAL to determine the lac phenotype of recombinant plasmids or phage. IPTG is also used to induce the expression of cloned genes that are under control of the lac operon.

Brilliance™ MRSA is a new and improved chromogenic screening plate for MRSA. The medium combines excellent sensitivity with the simplicity of a chromogenic plate to create an invaluable tool in the implementation of infection control policy. Technique Brilliance MRSA Agar can be inoculated from screening swabs taken from hospital patients or staff, an isolated colony or from liquid suspension, according to local guidelines. T…