MHA00FCR2

m-FC Broth without Rosolic Acid

Ampoule used for testing fecal coliforms in waste and effluent water

• Synonym(s): m-FC Broth
• UNSPSC Code: 41106225
• eCl@ss: 32160801
• NACRES: NA.74

Properties

• Quality Level: 100
• sterility: sterile
• form: liquid
• shelf life: 12 mo.
• feature: ready-to-use
• packaging: pack of 50 tests
• capacity: 2 mL
• filling volume: 2 mL
• color: slightly opalescent blue
• input: sample type bottled water; sample type wine; sample type cosmetics; sample type sport drink; sample type soft drink; sample type food(s); sample type beverage(s); sample type cider; sample type beer
• pH: 7.4±0.2 (25.0 °C)
• application(s): environmental; industrial qc; microbiology; water monitoring
• compatibility: for use with MF-method; for use with Microfil^®; for use with MicropreSure^®; for use with Milliflex^®
• shipped in: wet ice
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• suitability: fecal coliforms

Description

General description

m-FC Broth without Rosolic Acid is recommended for the detection and enumeration of faecal coliforms using the membrane filter technique.{21} Eliminating rosolic acid from M-FC medium improves the MFC procedure by allowing higher fecal coliform colony recoveries with greater ease. Eliminating rosolic acid from M-FC medium, fecal coliform colonies form an intense royal blue colony on membrane filters. The vivid blue color of the colonies makes counting of fecal coliform colonies easier than when rosolic acid was used because of the sharper contrast between fecal and non fecal colonies. Fecal coliforms appear blue, other colonies appear gray to cream coloured

Application

m-FC Broth without rosolic acid is used to grow faecal coliforms in water and effluent samples thus aiding in Environmental monitoring.{22}

Packaging

2 mL plastic ampoules

Specifications

Incubation Temperature: 44.5 °C ± 0.2

Incubation Time: 24 hrs ± 2

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater

Culture Medium

m-FC w/o Rosolic Acid

Analysis Note

Fecal coliforms appear blue, other colonies appear gray to cream colored

QC organisms
E. coli (ATCC 25922)

Mixed culture (E. coli, P. aeruginosa and P. vulgaris)

Target Microorganisms: Fecal coliforms

Legal Information

MICROFIL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

MICROPRESURE is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

MILLIFLEX is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 12 - Non Combustible Liquids
• wgk_germany: WGK 2
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable