MXSMTLP48

Milliflex^® Pre-filled Media Cassettes

Tryptic Soy Agar, Polysorbate 80, Lecithin, for heterotrophic bacteria, pack of 48, suitable for bioburden testing

• Synonym(s): Tryptic Soy Agar with Polysorbate 80 and Lecithin
• UNSPSC Code: 41116129
• eCl@ss: 32160801
• NACRES: NA.74

Properties

• agency: EP; USP
• Quality Level: 300
• sterility: sterile
• form: plate (pre-poured agar)
• shelf life: 12 mo.
• feature: ready-to-use
• composition: Lecithin ; Polysorbate 80
• packaging: cassette of 10 mL; pack of 48
• manufacturer/tradename: Milliflex^®
• color: clear tan to light amber
• input: sample type pharmaceutical(s); sample type cosmetics; sample type beer; sample type bottled water
• pH: 7.3±0.2 (25.0 °C)
• application(s): bioburden testing; cosmetics; microbiology; pharmaceutical; water monitoring
• compatibility: for use with Milliflex^®
• shipped in: ambient
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• suitability: heterotrophic bacteria

Description

General description

Milliflex^® Cassette are ready to use agar-based media to be used with Milliflex^® or Milliflex Oasis^® system for convenient, rapid and reliable bioburden testing. The prefilled agar cassette helps to streamline the microbial contamination testing workflow with quality assurance and avoiding risks of exogenous contamination. Each plate is a 3-piece assembly containing approximately 10ml of the media. Tryptic Soy Agar is a complex medium for cultivation and isolation of a wide range of bacteria, yeasts and molds. The medium is supplemented with the neutralizers such as lecithin and polysorbate 80 to neutralize for quaternary ammonium compounds and substituted phenolic disinfectants respectively.

Application

Milliflex^® Cassette prefilled with Tryptic Soy Agar is used in Bioburden testing and general microbiological analysis. It is commonly used in determining the efficiency of the sanitation of containers, equipment and surfaces as well as for water miscible cosmetic products. It is widely used in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and brewing industry.

Culture Medium

Trypticase Soy w/Poly 80 and Lecithin

Analysis Note

Colonies appear clear to creamy white, some may produce pigment

QC organism
E. coli (ATCC 25922)
S. aureus (ATCC 6538)
Bacillus spizizenii ATCC 6633
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027
Candida albicans ATCC 10231
Aspergillus brasiliensis ATCC 16404

Target Microorganisms: Heterotrophic microorganisms

Legal Information

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

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

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 2
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable